by Alphonse Boudard · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253040194
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«L'hôpital: Une hostobiographie» is the autobiographical novel by Alphonse Boudard, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (347 pages, in French).
Boudard reconstructs from memory his long stay in a hospital: the fear of death, the sordidness of some patients, and humour as a form of resistance. The narrative alternates the crudest realism with tenderness, sketching portraits of marginal characters and human solidarity in a hostile environment.
The subtitle «Une hostobiographie» plays on the word hospital and the term autobiography. The novel was originally published in 1972; this Le Livre de Poche edition is from 1986.
For readers of twentieth-century French literature seeking a personal testimony with black humour and an unflinching gaze.
Alphonse Boudard was a French novelist and playwright. He won the 1977 Prix Renaudot for Les Combattants du petit bonheur. Boudard's 1995 novel Dying childhood was awarded and recognised by the French Academy with a Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.
