Praise for LA BIBLIOTHEQUE NOMEDIENNE
"An exceptional work cannot always be created alone! La Bibliothèque nomédienne, a collected work by Alfred Boudry and eight other literary madmen (six writers and two graphic artists), traces the history of a continent somewhere in the middle of the Pacific, appearing and disappearing without trace over the centuries. The mystery of Nomedia, a pure literary creation, is recounted from the time it was first discovered, by seventeenth century sailors naturally enough... A ghost continent? A second Atlantis? Nomedia, the object of this quest, rapidly becomes the stuff of dreams, a literary creation through the many pages of this "novel" where documents and accounts proliferate, a sort of enormous record spanning centuries of history and myths...
Like with Danielewski, the writing explodes, fragments and reconstitutes itself over time, and we get four centuries of accounts and inventions by way of history revisited in this incredible escapade. So much more than a novel, this work is a journey that we would wish to be never-ending."
Christian Robin, Le Courrier français n° 3341, 26 September 2008
"It's the most exciting book published this autumn."
Frederic Delon,
La Gazette de Nîmes, 30 October-5 November 2008
"There are few narratives that I have been unable to bond with, and yes, there have been some, either because they were too long, or I didn't have the fundamental knowledge to get totally absorbed. But the ever increasing fascination for Nomedia and its elusive inhabitants makes you put all that aside: adventure (and the adventurer!), exploration, language, fauna, flora, art, absence of mores and customs... this list is not exhaustive, of course; the range is so vast that it deserves a return visit from time to time.
It's also worth mentioning that where dystopias echo the foibles of our society by too often wanting to play with fire, Alfred Boudry and the Foc's'les have themselves preferred to draw a living portrait of a richly fascinating utopia where it's not a dog eat dog situation and simplicity is the recurring desire."
Published by BiblioMan(u), Monday 24 November 2008
Published at January 13, 2009
