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That's the beginning of the excellent book "au bonheur des ogres", where you learn that the hero's karma is to be a scapegoat. It's his job. It's his relationsh
by sametmax 9y ago
That's the beginning of the excellent book "au bonheur des ogres", where you learn that the hero's karma is to be a scapegoat. It's his job. It's his relationships.
Also when a bomb explodes, of course, all evidences point toward him even though is the very definition of innocence.
Wonderful work from the great Daniel Pennac, which can stand on it's own, but has follow up tomes that are just as nice.
And I just looked it up, it's been translated to english.
The title, is, well, "The scapegoat".
- chepaslaaa 9y agoDaniel Pennac certainly stands among the many great french writers.
- mlok 9y agoI loved the book, and that part has stuck through the years. (amongst other remarkable parts of this book) Now I wonder if Pennac had heard about this story and if he was inspired by it. It always made me think of L'Arrache-Coeur by Boris Vian, where we can find "La Gloïre", this old man whose job was to literally swallow the shame of everybody else.