” The place has become a place of living together, of populations that should never have rubbed shoulders. (Replay)
In his new novel The rue Blomet ball », Raphaël Confiant relates the history of the Parisian district of Montparnasse at the end of the First World War. It is from there, from the Bal de la rue Blomet, that intellectuals and anonymous crowd to come and dance to frenzied rhythms. A new dance made its appearance there, the beguine, a music from the West Indies. Raphaël Confiant brings the glorious Paris of the Roaring Twenties back to life. In his story, the nostalgia of a lost paradise emerges…
Guest :
- Raphael Confident. Writer, militant of the Creole cause since the 1970s, he participated in the creation of the Mouvement de la créolité. His novel ” The Blomet Street Ball » will be published on April 6, 2023 by Mercure de France editions.
This week, Flea in the ear of Lucie Bouteloup returns to the expression “to have an ox on the tongue”. Do you know where this tradition comes from? Listen!