Mise En Scene Ultime Des Vraies Enigmes (French, Paperback)
Co-director of the Human Brain Project. A pioneer in human brain imagery, his scientific contribution is often mentioned and rewarded with international prizes. He is furthermore a psychoanalyst and member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, specialist in the study and approaches to the repair of spinal cord injuries. In , he became Assistant Professor at the faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich where he established his own research laboratory.
Site Sections
He published several articles proposing radically new approaches for restoring function after spinal cord injury, which were discussed in national and international press extensively. Recently, he managed to use his results on paraplegic patients. In , he launched the start-up GTXmedical, whose goal is to turn these results into a treatment for paraplegia. She thus started her career in journalism in as Editor-in-Chief of the Senior Magazine from to The study of the human brain represents one of the last frontiers of knowledge.
Science journalist, Nice Matin. In physical terms it is expressed through recognizing changed landscapes, changed circumstances of the people he knew. Yet, for me even captivating is the psychological level where the middle aged man has to confront his childhood longings, how he may be able to bring the past and the present into some form of balance and ultimately, who he is and where he should be.
Dec 08, Marie-Alexandra rated it it was amazing.
Prof. François Ansermet [older]
Dec 17, Jean-Philippe rated it it was amazing Shelves: Oct 11, Friederike Knabe rated it it was amazing Shelves: What must it feel like to return to the country of your birth and childhood that you have not visited and experienced in more than thirty years? I must admit that, not being a great fan of poetry, I was initially reluctant to immerse myself in The Return L'Enigme de retour when I first held the French original in my hands.
Yet, once I started, I became very quickly and totally immersed in Laferriere's ways of writing with its mix of prose, relating encounters and events and poetry, evoking surroundings or reflecting on observations or emotions. The novel has been exquisitely translated by David Homel.
The title of the French original conveys an important aspect of the novel that the English translation cannot: Jan 10, Audrey Richard rated it it was amazing. Prose delicate, fluide, et sublime sur les themes du retour aux origines et du temps avec des reflexions philosophiques simples et profondes. J'ai eu aussi beaucoup de plaisir a ecouter une partie du livre lue par l'auteur lui-meme sur audible. Alors le narrateur part. The book is fascinating. What caught my attention from the beginning was its form. I am not sure it's truly a "novel" "roman" , I thought it was more of a long poetic essay.
The combination of free verse and prose is enchanting. The subject was also very new for me, as I know so little about Haiti. And as any good book would do, this book made that previously obscure to me country somewhat closer. What made this book especially captivating were the common points I have with the author.
The narr The book is fascinating. The narrator's complex relationship with his own past, national identity and time in general are all issues that I can relate to. Some quotes I marked: Il y a des grains que le vent aime semer ailleurs. Jul 24, Yves rated it it was amazing Shelves: Dec 29, Daniel rated it liked it. C'est le premier livre en francais que je complete depuis bien longtemps. Il se lit tres bien. Son style est tres different prose et haiku mais ca fonctionne bien. C'est plutot un livre 'literature' vs les livres de fictions que je lit d'habitude.
Avec Haiti dans les nouvelles, ce livre m'a donne une autre perspective. C'est un pays difficile avec une population tres fiere et positive - si seulement, il pourrait exporter leurs comediens, sera un passage memorable pour moi. L'histoire de l'exile d C'est le premier livre en francais que je complete depuis bien longtemps. L'histoire de l'exile de 35 ans a Montreal pour echapper la mort a Haiti. Le retour a Haiti apres la mort de son pere en exile a New York.
- See a Problem?.
- L´énigme Valtorta, une vie de Jésus romancée, tome 1 - Rassemblement à son image?
- Eleven Miles South of Half Moon Bay.
- Prof. François Ansermet [older]?
- Member login.
- Just Once in a Verra Blue Moon (Highland Gardens Book 2).
Il voit sa mere pour la premiere fois depuis 35 ans. Ils visite differente places et amis de son pere, pour lui porter un dernier honneure.
Print Edition 1 year Subscription - The Art of Watercolour magazine
Mar 11, Delphine rated it it was amazing. Il ne les comprend pas davantage: I had a hard time putting this book down. The main character gets a telephone call in Montreal, telling him that his estranged father has died in Brooklyn. Both father and son are from Haiti, both had fled, at different times the violence. The son returns to Haiti after being gone for 30 years. I loved that this book was written in both verse and prose.
Buy for others
Mar 05, Helena K. A book that every person who lived abroad and one day return to home should read. It is rich in impressions and feelings that share those who ventured elsewhere. Feb 01, Jeanna rated it it was amazing.