Published on : 16.01.2023 – 15:48

The red banner surrounding the book doesn’t lie. He presents the novel as “the unforgettable meeting of two outcasts in the heart of the Canadian forest”. It is true that the whole book is included to detail the circumstances of this unforgettable, but also improbable and therefore wonderfully romantic meeting between Hannah, a daughter of Japanese immigrants, and Jack, a recluse who is somewhat of a shaman and was raised by a Native American woman , to explain. With a third character, the bear, “a bridge between two worlds”, a being “halfway”, “neither from here nor elsewhere”, between the reality of the world and the legends.

Because what connects these two characters is above all the power of words, of stories, of stories passed from one generation to the next, and this incredible gift of understanding, thanks to nature, what other people miss.

” The Night Eaters », the new novel by Marie Charrel was published by the editions of the Observatory.

Report: One of the first peoples of North America, the Huron-Wendat Nation relies on technology and immersive journey to tell their history and culture. Near the city of Quebec, in a forest not far from the village where these people live, Onhwa’ Lumina portrays the myths of creation, the importance of animals and the transmission of knowledge. All thanks to video projections, light and sound installations. A realization of the specialized company “Moment Factory”. Pascale Guericolas ran it for VMDN.