Title
L'tage des bouffons,Used
Delivery time: 8-12 business days (International)
Product Description Henri Troyat, n en 1911 Moscou, est membre de l'Acadmie franaise, romancier et biographe. Il a obtenu le prix Goncourt en 1938 pour L'Araigne. Parmi ses derniers livres parus chez Grasset, rappelons : Terribles Tsarines (1998), La Fille de l'crivain (2001), Maria Tsvetaeva (2001). Une fable cocasse et cruelle la Cour des Impratrices de Russie la fin du XVIIIme sicle. La Tsarine Anna Ivanovna, nice de Pierre le Grand, est couronne impratrice en mars 1730. Superbe, norme, gonfle de graisse, farde en paisseur, boudine dans ses robes de satin, ce personnage rabelaisien allie les caprices d'une enfant la cruaut sadique des tyrans. Sa distraction favorite : l'amusement que lui procurent les 18 nains bouffons qui peuplent un tage de la cour. Le boyard Pastoukhov est convaincu par sa nouvelle compagne, Eudoxie Tchouba, de proposer son fils Vassili, dit Vassia, comme nain et bouffon auprs de la tsarine : ce fils difforme qu'il a relgu Balotovo comme un objet de honte ne pourraitil devenir le trsor de la famille ? Et voil Vassia propuls, 22 ans, dans les intrigues de la cour : la jalousie froce de la tsarine, qui a surpris son amant Johann Buhren en train de lutiner la ravissante Nathalie Seniavskaa, sa demoiselle d'honneur, et la disgrce du nain Pouzyr, qui a perdu le talent de faire rire l'impratrice, vont prcipiter le destin de Vassia. Instrument de toutes les vengeances, il devient la fois le bouffon le plus pris de la souveraine et l'poux par elle impos l'impudente Nathalie. Mais rien ne se produit comme prvu : tandis que la cour est secoue par les changements de rgime, le couple contrenature vit une tonnante histoire d'amour... About the Author Henri Troyat, n en 1911 Moscou est romancier et biographe. Il a obtenu le prix Goncourt en 1938 pour L'Araigne. Parmi ses livres parus chez Grasset, rappelons : Terribles tsarines (1998), Marina Tsvetaeva (2001), L'tage des bouffons (2002), Paul 1er (2002), La Baronne et le musicien (2004), Alexandre III (2004) et La Fiance de l'ogre (2004).
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