L'inondation

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CecileB Même thématique d'une jeune fille qui arrive dans un couple déjà en difficulté.

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J’ai commencé cette nouvelle en pensant, au vu du nom de l’auteur, trouver une critique du pouvoir soviétique. Quelle erreur ! Ce court roman est en fait un drame familial, celui d’un couple simple et heureux, qu’un grain de sable vient peu à peu séparer. Trofim et Sophia s’aiment, mais Sophia n’arrive pas à avoir d’enfant, et ce manque finit par les ronger l’un et l’autre. Alors quand le menuisier de l’appartement voisin meurt, Sophia décide d’adopter la petite Ganka, espérant ainsi combler ce vide. Mais Trofim et Ganka deviennent vite proches, très proches, et bientôt trop proches pour une relation père-fille. Et Sophia voit cette fille grandir et sa place dans le cœur de Trofim et dans le foyer se show more réduire de plus en plus.
L’engrenage est implacable, presque tragique dans son inéluctabilité, donnant une nouvelle sombre, qui met mal à l’aise comme un fait divers auquel on aurait été mêlé.
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"Dans le Saint-Pétersbourg des années 1920, Sofia et Trofim, couple sans enfant, voient leur union se fissurer peu à peu. Sofia décide d’adopter une jeune orpheline du voisinage, Ganka. Ce qui devait préserver son mariage va amener la catastrophe : Trofim cède au charme de l adolescente. Anéantie, Sofia s enferme dans le mutisme. Les eaux de la Neva commencent à monter…" (éditions Sillage, 2013)
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L'Inondation est un magnifique exercice de littérature. [...] Mais l’essentiel est dans l’écriture. Ce très court roman explore la genèse et les effets de la parole chez des êtres frustes, traversés de passions qui les submergent comme la Neva à Saint-Pétersbourg inonde tout sur son passage.
--F. Morin-Bioy - BIBLIO 46 Livres de Russie

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Zamyatin studied at the Polytechnic Institute in St. Petersburg and became a professional naval engineer. His first story appeared in 1908, and he became serious about writing in 1913, when his short novel A Provincial Tale (1913) was favorably received. He became part of the neorealist group, which included Remizov and Prishvin. During World War show more I, he supervised the construction of icebreakers in England for the Russian government. After his return home, he published two satiric works about English life, "The Islanders" (1918) and "The Fisher of Men" (1922). During the civil war and the early 1920s, Zamyatin published theoretical essays as well as fiction. He played a central role in many cultural activities---as an editor, organizer, and teacher of literary technique---and had an important influence on younger writers, such as Olesha and Ivanov. Zamyatin's prose after the Revolution involved extensive use of ellipses, color symbolism, and elaborate chains of imagery. It is exemplified in such well-known stories as "Mamai" (1921) and "The Cage" (1922). His best-known work is the novel We (1924), a satiric, futuristic tale of a dystopia that was a plausible extrapolation from early twentieth-century social and political trends. The book, which directly influenced George Orwell's (see Vol. 1) 1984, 1984, was published abroad in several translations during the 1920s. In 1927 a shortened Russian version appeared in Prague, and the violent press campaign that followed led to Zamyatin's resignation from a writers' organization and, eventually, to his direct appeal to Stalin for permission to leave the Soviet Union. This being granted in 1931, Zamyatin settled in Paris, where he continued to work until his death. Until glasnost he was unpublished and virtually unknown in Russia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title*
La inundación
Original title
Navodnenie
Original publication date
1929
People/Characters*
Trofim Ivánich; Sofia; Ganka; Pelagueya; Andrei; Fiódor
First words*
Alrededor de la isla Vasílievski se extendía, como un mar distante, el mundo: allí había habido una guerra, después la revolución.
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