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Bouddha Vivant
Hardcover
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ISBN13: 9781025312033
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 260
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: French
Bouddha Vivant est un roman magistral de Paul Morand qui explore avec une ironie mordante et une plume incisive la rencontre complexe entre l'Orient et l'Occident. L'Åuvre suit les pérégrinations de Jali, un jeune prince asiatique du royaume de Karastra, qui décide de quitter son palais et sa condition divine pour se confronter à la réalité de la civilisation européenne. En traversant les métropoles de Londres et de Paris dans les années 1920, le protagoniste se heurte au matérialisme effréné, à la vitesse de la modernité et aux contradictions d'une Europe en pleine mutation.
À travers ce récit de voyage inversé, Paul Morand dresse un portrait satirique des mÅurs occidentales tout en interrogeant la possibilité d'une sagesse universelle. Le texte se distingue par son style nerveux et ses observations sociologiques percutantes, capturant l'esprit d'une époque fascinée par l'exotisme mais souvent incapable de comprendre l'altérité. Bouddha Vivant demeure une réflexion profonde sur l'exil, la désillusion et le dialogue impossible entre deux mondes aux valeurs irréconciliables. Ce classique de la littérature française de l'entre-deux-guerres offre une analyse visionnaire des tensions culturelles qui continuent de marquer notre modernité.
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