And then one day, I heard the voice of Xavier Le Clerc. One early morning with the radio on, I heard the life journey of a certain Mohand-Saïd which resembled the life journey of thousands of other Mohand-Saïds. Kabyle misery in French Algeria, torture in an unnamed war chained to a life as a worker in the France of the slums.
Our guest, born of this story for a long time without a face, offers to read a photograph – all in Camusian nuances – of a generation, of an era and of a sacrificed father who has become An untitled man (this is the title of his 3rd novel published by Gallimard). Finally telling the source of the blood that flows in his veins is the goal of Hamid Aït-Taleb who has become Xavier Leclerc…
The musical choices of Xavier Le Clerc
Mika & Orlinski over my shoulder
Handel Alcina HWV34 act 2: Ah! mio cor! Schernito sei!
Radiohead Exit music