{"id":38818,"date":"2018-11-01T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavisqteam.fr\/?p=38818"},"modified":"2018-11-01T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T10:00:12","slug":"homunculus-james-p-blaylock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavisqteam.fr\/?p=38818","title":{"rendered":"Homunculus – James P. Blaylock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Auteur\u00a0: <\/strong>James P. Blaylock<\/p>\n

Editeur\u00a0: <\/strong>Bragelonne<\/p>\n

Genre\u00a0: <\/strong>Steampunk<\/p>\n

R\u00e9sum\u00e9\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sa taille, dit-on, n’exc\u00e8de pas vingt centim\u00e8tres. Il serait omniscient et omnipotent, capable d’abolir les fronti\u00e8res de la vie, de la mort, du temps. Seuls quelques initi\u00e9s, en cette fin de XIXe si\u00e8cle, connaissent son existence. Seulement voil\u00e0 : l’homuncule, cette prodigieuse cr\u00e9ature, est pour l’heure prisonnier d’une myst\u00e9rieuse cassette. Quiconque se l’appropriera h\u00e9ritera du m\u00eame coup des cl\u00e9s de l’\u00e9ternit\u00e9. H\u00e9las ! la fameuse bo\u00eete a disparu…
\nCommence alors, sur fond de fog londonien, une course-poursuite d\u00e9lirante entre les supp\u00f4ts du Mal un acn\u00e9ique parano\u00efaque, un milliardaire d\u00e9prav\u00e9, un savant fou et bossu, une poign\u00e9e de zombis \u2014 et les forces du Bien \u2014 un club de scientifiques tr\u00e8s peu pr\u00e9par\u00e9s \u00e0 leur r\u00f4le de justiciers… Compar\u00e9e \u00e0 tous ces \u00e9nergum\u00e8nes, Pandore \u00e9tait une sainte !<\/p>\n

Avis\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Si l\u2019on peut consid\u00e9rer Jules Verne<\/em> comme l\u2019un des pr\u00e9curseurs du steampunk, le genre a connu son essor au cours des ann\u00e9es\u00a01980 avec trois auteurs. Tim Powers<\/em> qui a \u00e9crit Les voies d\u2019Anubis<\/strong>. Kevin Wayne Jeter<\/em>, responsable de Morlock Night<\/strong>, la suite de La machine \u00e0 explorer le temps<\/strong>. Et enfin James Blaylock<\/em> qui nous occupe aujourd\u2019hui avec Homunculus<\/strong>. Cette trinit\u00e9 compile \u00e0 elle seule les bases et les codes qui d\u00e9finissent le steampunk. En l\u2019occurrence, un contexte fin XIXe si\u00e8cle victorien o\u00f9 s\u2019entrecroisent des personnages farfelus, des inventions baroques et de sombres affairismes dans les bas-fonds londoniens. Plus de trente ans apr\u00e8s sa sortie, le pr\u00e9sent ouvrage reste-t-il une \u0153uvre fondamentale dans son domaine\u00a0?<\/p>\n

Le moins que l\u2019on puisse dire, c\u2019est que l\u2019entame se veut d\u00e9licate \u00e0 aborder. Non pas que les \u00e9v\u00e9nements d\u00e9crits soient inint\u00e9ressants, mais plut\u00f4t d\u00e9cousus. Comprenez que l\u2019on assiste \u00e0 une succession de faits dont le liant n\u2019est gu\u00e8re apparent, voire inexistant au regard d\u2019une \u00e9volution ult\u00e9rieure. On passe d\u2019un point de vue \u00e0 un autre sans trouver de r\u00e9elles transitions ou une bonne fluidit\u00e9 dans la progression. De fait, on a l\u2019impression de parcourir une multitude d\u2019histoires annexes. La sensation est similaire \u00e0 un film \u00e0 sketches, sans que le proc\u00e9d\u00e9, dans le cas pr\u00e9sent, soit assum\u00e9 ou m\u00eame volontaire. De l\u00e0 \u00e0 dire que la ligne directrice se r\u00e9v\u00e8le absente pendant une majeure partie du r\u00e9cit, il n\u2019y a qu\u2019un pas.<\/p>\n

Il s\u2019agit du principal d\u00e9faut du livre puisque ce choix narratif oblige le lecteur \u00e0 se replonger plus difficilement qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019accoutum\u00e9e. Chose \u00e9trange, le style de l\u2019auteur n\u2019en est nullement la cause. La lecture reste plaisante dans les s\u00e9quences d\u2019action assez rythm\u00e9es et les descriptions fouill\u00e9es des diff\u00e9rents lieux visit\u00e9s. En revanche, l\u2019une des explications de ce d\u00e9tachement peut r\u00e9sulter du foisonnement de protagonistes \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre et \u00e0 replacer dans le contexte. Pour ne rien arranger, la caract\u00e9risation manque de r\u00e9pondant pour que les personnages demeurent marquants. De plus, leurs interactions ne sont pas toujours bien \u00e9tablies.<\/p>\n

Pourtant, l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re est parfaitement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e, jouant sur de nombreux tableaux. \u00c0 commencer par le d\u00e9tournement historique, mais aussi en usant de certaines ficelles propres au fantastique, \u00e0 la science-fiction, voire \u00e0 l\u2019horreur. Des zombies aux extraterrestres, en passant par quelques sombres desseins relatifs \u00e0 l\u2019alchimie\u00a0; l\u2019homuncule est une version miniature d\u2019un \u00eatre dont la reproduction s\u2019assimile \u00e0 la qu\u00eate de la pierre philosophale. Les th\u00e9matiques sont multiples et disparates et s\u2019incorporent parfaitement dans cet univers baroque. \u00c0 ce titre, la confrontation de certains d\u2019entre eux offre des s\u00e9quences assez singuli\u00e8res, non d\u00e9nu\u00e9es d\u2019humour.<\/p>\n

Indissociable du steampunk, cet aspect tient surtout \u00e0 quelques r\u00e9parties bien appuy\u00e9es, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 des jeux de mots habiles et des phrases subtiles. En cela, tous les ingr\u00e9dients du genre sont pr\u00e9sents, m\u00eame si l\u2019on sent le c\u00f4t\u00e9 exp\u00e9rimental, voire embryonnaire, de l\u2019initiative. Bien que la chronologie importe peu en de telles circonstances, les notions sont \u00e9voqu\u00e9es cahin-caha avec, l\u00e0 encore, une propension \u00e9vidente aux digressions qui tendent \u00e0 perdre le lecteur. Emport\u00e9 dans son propre monde, l\u2019auteur n\u2019a pas vraiment r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 canaliser son potentiel. Preuve en est avec des aboutissants \u00e9vasifs qui n\u2019\u00e9claircissent gu\u00e8re certaines interrogations initiales.<\/p>\n

Au final, le livre de James Blaylock<\/em> souffle le chaud et le froid, initiant un genre \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re tout en s\u2019affublant de lourdeurs facilement dissociables du steampunk. Ne serait-ce que pour son importance dans la cr\u00e9ation du steampunk, Homunculus<\/strong> m\u00e9rite que l\u2019on s\u2019y attarde. Toutefois, le roman souffre de nombreuses maladresses. \u00c0 commencer par une histoire confuse qui privil\u00e9gie le d\u00e9veloppement de son ambiance d\u00e9cal\u00e9e, tr\u00e8s r\u00e9ussie, \u00e0 la coh\u00e9rence et l\u2019intelligibilit\u00e9 de sa trame. Il n\u2019en reste pas moins un univers int\u00e9ressant et une lecture distrayante, bien que la rigueur de sa progression demeure perfectible et aurait gagn\u00e9 \u00e0 un peu plus de constance.<\/p>\n

Note\u00a0: 13,5\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n

Par Dante<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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