La Correspondance de Thierry Vernet à ses proches : Un contrepoint à L’Usage du monde

Produced between June and October 1953, correspondence between Thierry Vernet and those close to him is an obvious counterpoint to Nicolas Bouvier’s The Way of the World. While providing a backdrop to Bouvier’s travel narrative, this large correspondence sheds light on the journey of the two friends...

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Main Author: Gilles Louÿs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne
Series:Viatica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/825
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description Produced between June and October 1953, correspondence between Thierry Vernet and those close to him is an obvious counterpoint to Nicolas Bouvier’s The Way of the World. While providing a backdrop to Bouvier’s travel narrative, this large correspondence sheds light on the journey of the two friends and offers another perspective. This analysis tackles the complex editorial status of this textual material, straddling both the epistolary genre and travel narrative, and highlights the significant divergences between the texts of Vernier and Bouvier, much like the strangeness of their friendship.
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La Correspondance de Thierry Vernet à ses proches : Un contrepoint à L’Usage du monde
Viatica
Bouvier (Nicolas)
Vernet (Thierry)
driving diary
The Way of the World
correspondence
title La Correspondance de Thierry Vernet à ses proches : Un contrepoint à L’Usage du monde
title_full La Correspondance de Thierry Vernet à ses proches : Un contrepoint à L’Usage du monde
title_fullStr La Correspondance de Thierry Vernet à ses proches : Un contrepoint à L’Usage du monde
title_full_unstemmed La Correspondance de Thierry Vernet à ses proches : Un contrepoint à L’Usage du monde
title_short La Correspondance de Thierry Vernet à ses proches : Un contrepoint à L’Usage du monde
title_sort la correspondance de thierry vernet a ses proches un contrepoint a l usage du monde
topic Bouvier (Nicolas)
Vernet (Thierry)
driving diary
The Way of the World
correspondence
url https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/825
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