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Chanson douce

By: Leïla Slimani
Narrated by: Clotilde Courau
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Prix Goncourt 2016.


Lorsque Myriam, mère de deux jeunes enfants, décide malgré les réticences de son mari de reprendre son activité au sein d'un cabinet d'avocats, le couple se met à la recherche d'une nounou. Après un casting sévère, ils engagent Louise, qui conquiert très vite l'affection des enfants et occupe progressivement une place centrale dans le foyer. Peu à peu le piège de la dépendance mutuelle va se refermer, jusqu'au drame.
À travers la description précise du jeune couple et celle du personnage fascinant et mystérieux de la nounou, c'est notre époque qui se révèle, avec sa conception de l'amour et de l'éducation, des rapports de domination et d'argent, des préjugés de classe ou de culture. Le style sec et tranchant de Leïla Slimani, où percent des éclats de poésie ténébreuse, instaure dès les premières pages un suspense envoûtant.
©2016 Éditions Gallimard (P)2017 Éditions Gallimard
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Escabroso, lento y humano. Me recordoó Crimen y

La lectora hace un excelente trabajo. Mi unica sugerencia es que los saltos entre los capitulos son iimperceptibles. Cuando uno mismo lee se logra ubicar con facilidad en la historia pues se vé que hay cambio de pagina y se lee el titulo del capitulo y se sabe lo que significa . Así uno puede entender que empezará un nuevo giro de la historia. Pero en un Audiolibro, si el narrador no hace pausa suficiente el lector se extraviía y pierde los nombres de los capitulos. Es una sugerencia a todos los lectores.
La historia me parecio escabrosa y lenta. Monstruosa pero humana. A los personajes los va desarrollando sin piedad, quitandoles los velos. Los patrones se presentan calculadores, usando y aprovechando a su niñera, pero ¿Quien no se ve reflejado alli? Sus reacciones se atienen al esquema convencional patrono-empleado; mientras que la niñera da todo por ellos y sus hijos . Y se genera un abismo.
El libro desde el principio es acusador de lo miserable y desigual en las relaciones de nuestra sociedad con el servicio doméstico.
En fin, el tono y la historia me recordaron de Crimen y Castigo de Dostoyevsky. Las miserias humanas, pero aquí sin redencion.
El estilo y uso del lenguaje revelan a L. Slimani como 'maestro de la intimdad' .

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Amusant

J'ai aimé bien écouter ce livre. Comme une nounou arrive à touer les enfants d'une famille, c'est la folie !

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Tres noire

because autocorrect destroys my attempts to write in French, it's English you get. Despite the revelation of the outcome from the start, the story is knit together in a most haunting way. How well does anyone know those with whom they entrust the care of their children? The narrator is excellent.

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Slow and uneven: few beautifully written sections

Far from the American standards of the page-turner thriller, Chanson Douce portrays the slow and venomous path to Hell of a seemingly perfect nanny. The candor of the characters made for some painful chapters. The complaisance from both parents carry an unfathomable weight all throughout the book and the end will leave you with more questions than answers. Last chapter is beautifully written. The rest is long, very long.

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