The criminal of the Room

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Original Author: Chokri Gharbi

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popular literature, scorned a long time, conceals its treasures and « Drink ebony » in is one. Slaughter,

large specialist in the kind, delivers an authentic jewel here to us.
Doctor Michel Stone is captured and obliged to work on a boat which makes the draft of slaves. Disgusted, it succeeds in escaping. But is to find itself in Florida of 1817, still under domination Spanish and invaded by adventurers. Stone will see himself mingled with events violent one which will lead at the beginning of the Spaniards and the passing of Florida under the American authority.
All that can appear traditional, and this novel is. However, it is necessary to look at the year of its publication, 1949, to find reasons for astonishment. Initially, the sex. The women of this history (noble aristocrats or beautiful mongrel) approach sexuality without any turning. They assert the sexual pleasure as much as the men. Then, there is the description of slavery. The author, documented obviously well, paints a seizing picture of the horror in which the slaves lived. Insupportable pages. Yes, in 1949, this book was to really appear daring, even pioneer.
Blazing, dazzling, enthralling, “ebony Wood” are the true one and great popular literature, like one does not make any today, because… But why, with the Juste?
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Rene lives quietly with his wife and one little child. They carry out a normal life in their small apartment. One day, it discovered by chance, whereas it returned at his place after a walk with his child, that his wife misled it. Indeed, seeking its slippers under the marital bed, it discovers a man very naked who hid there. Then it runs towards the kitchen to lose the breath of it and manages to assassinate the lover of his wife. This one as his child start to shout, frightened by this scene of violence. Of fear of pointing out itself, it quickly takes its paper and his bag and will take refuge in a hotel to spend the night in the hope to travel the following day to Germany close to his cousin. This night time seems to him to pass slowly in its hotel room, the meal appears insipid to him and he does not understand anything with but diffuse the television. The must important to him is to leave the territory and to be close to his cousin… (The remainder with reading in the impressive book “the criminal of the room”)

Published: June 20, 2006

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