{"id":63122,"date":"2022-03-30T12:08:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T12:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavisqteam.fr\/?p=63122"},"modified":"2022-03-30T12:08:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T12:08:30","slug":"la-tunique-de-glace-william-t-vollmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavisqteam.fr\/?p=63122","title":{"rendered":"La Tunique de Glace – William T. Vollmann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Auteur : <\/strong>William T. Vollmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editeur : <\/strong>Le Cherche-Midi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genre : <\/strong>Fantasy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Nous sommes au Xe si\u00e8cle de notre \u00e8re. Une longue lign\u00e9e de rois vikings s’appr\u00eate \u00e0 franchir les oc\u00e9ans de glace qui les s\u00e9parent d’une terre mythique : le Vinland, s\u00e9same de tous les fantasmes dont l’Am\u00e9rique sera le nom. Cinq cents ans avant Colomb, Erik le Rouge, Leif le Chanceux, Freydis Eiriksdottir et quelques autres vont \u00eatre ainsi les premiers d\u00e9couvreurs du Nouveau Monde. Ils toucheront ce pays de cocagne, terre de lait, de miel et de l\u00e9gendes, avant d’en \u00eatre chass\u00e9s par ses habitants natifs, les redoutables Indiens Skreelings…

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

Lorsqu\u2019il s\u2019agit d\u2019en vanter les m\u00e9rites, la r\u00e9putation de certains romans les pr\u00e9c\u00e8de. Les superlatifs et l\u2019encensement quasi unanime sugg\u00e8rent \u00e0 de v\u00e9ritables chefs d\u2019\u0153uvre en puissance. Avec La Tunique de glace<\/strong>, William T. Vollmann<\/em> s\u2019est vu aur\u00e9ol\u00e9 de nombreux \u00e9loges sur l\u2019ambition d\u00e9mesur\u00e9e dont il fait preuve. Inaugurant le cycle des Sept r\u00eaves, le pr\u00e9sent ouvrage d\u00e9peint une fresque-fleuve o\u00f9 il est question de se plonger aux confins historiques de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique, sous le prisme des Peuples du Nord. Un projet embryonnaire, presque exp\u00e9rimental, qui tient de la saga \u00e9pique, du r\u00e9cit historique et de la mythologie scandinave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u2019embl\u00e9e, La Tunique de glace<\/strong> d\u00e9contenance par son approche qui fait la part belle \u00e0 une entame encha\u00eenant pr\u00e9face et digressions emphatiques. L\u00e0 o\u00f9 l\u2019on est cens\u00e9 s\u2019immerger au c\u0153ur du Xe si\u00e8cle, les premiers points de vue s\u2019ancrent dans un contexte contemporain qui \u00e9voque la p\u00e9riode initialement vis\u00e9e. Il s\u2019en d\u00e9gage alors une distanciation \u00e9vidente avec le lecteur, \u00e9litiste, sinon hautaine dans la d\u00e9marche. L\u2019auteur ne se prive pas de se d\u00e9douaner d\u2019\u00e9ventuelles erreurs ou approximations gr\u00e2ce aux errances et flous historiques qui perdurent sur ladite \u00e9poque. Au sortir de ce premier constat laborieux, la suite n\u2019incite gu\u00e8re \u00e0 changer d\u2019avis sur le caract\u00e8re surestim\u00e9 de l\u2019ouvrage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En effet, William T. Vollmann<\/em> fait s\u2019encha\u00eener les s\u00e9quences \u00e9pisodiques o\u00f9 il \u00e9voque avec pr\u00e9cipitation la gen\u00e8se et les exploits de h\u00e9ros scandinaves. M\u00eame en ayant certaines connaissances sur le sujet, les faits et les protagonistes se succ\u00e8dent si vite qu\u2019on \u00e9met des doutes quant \u00e0 la pertinence du r\u00e9cit. De m\u00eame, l\u2019\u00e9crivain affuble son histoire d\u2019un style lourd qui semble reformuler d\u2019anciens textes, sans imagination ni identit\u00e9 particuli\u00e8re. Tout est agenc\u00e9 pour creuser le clivage entre auteur et lecteur. \u00c0 aucun moment, on ne parvient \u00e0 se sentir concern\u00e9 ou \u00e0 s\u2019impliquer dans une intrigue pompeuse qui tient davantage d\u2019explications pseudo-p\u00e9dagogiques, totalement d\u00e9nu\u00e9e de sa substance romanesque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En cela, La Tunique de glace<\/strong> est d\u00e9pourvu d\u2019une structure narrative \u00e0 proprement parler ; qu\u2019il s\u2019agisse de chapitres ou m\u00eame des fondamentaux de la litt\u00e9rature. Les pages sont noircies et ne contiennent (presque) aucun paragraphe. \u00c0 quelques exceptions pr\u00eates, les lignes de dialogue sont \u00e9galement absentes. L\u00e0 encore, l\u2019ensemble manque de vie. Sans faire r\u00e9f\u00e9rence au contexte d\u00e9l\u00e9t\u00e8re ou \u00e0 l\u2019environnement, il se d\u00e9gage de l\u2019\u00e9criture une froideur peu commune qui sugg\u00e8re un traitement aust\u00e8re. Et ce ne sont pas les quelques envol\u00e9es lyriques ou la prose m\u00e9taphorique de certains passages qui modifient sensiblement cet \u00e9tat de fait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certes, le second \u00ab acte \u00bb s\u2019appuie davantage sur le c\u00f4t\u00e9 aventureux du propos avec l\u2019exploration du Vinland. On appr\u00e9cie \u00e9galement la d\u00e9couverte et l\u2019approche ethnologique soign\u00e9e des Indiens d\u2019Am\u00e9rique. Pour autant, les \u00e9cueils et les errances constat\u00e9es jusqu\u2019alors persistent si bien que l\u2019on demeure indiff\u00e9rent, sinon \u00e9tranger, \u00e0 la suite des \u00e9v\u00e8nements. En guise de remplissage, sans doute pour justifier de son travail de documentation, l\u2019ouvrage se conclut par des notes historiques, un glossaire, une pr\u00e9sentation des protagonistes, ainsi qu\u2019une chronologie \u00e9parse des faits \u00e9voqu\u00e9s en amont de l\u2019intrigue d\u00e9peinte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au final, La Tunique de glace<\/strong> s\u2019avance comme une d\u00e9ception. Si certains saluent la t\u00e9m\u00e9rit\u00e9 de l\u2019auteur, on constate un style p\u00e9nible \u00e0 appr\u00e9hender, voire condescendant \u00e0 certains \u00e9gards. Au sortir d\u2019une lecture gu\u00e8re enthousiasmante, la narration s\u2019arroge des airs \u00e9litistes et fait fi des bases m\u00eames de tout roman. On a davantage l\u2019impression d\u2019assister \u00e0 un cours magistral l\u00e9nifiant, amalgam\u00e9e de mani\u00e8re douteuse avec la mythologie scandinave, qu\u2019\u00e0 une v\u00e9ritable histoire. Aust\u00e8re et pr\u00e9tentieux, le premier tome du cycle des Sept r\u00eaves affiche les atours d\u2019un d\u00e9lire litt\u00e9raire exp\u00e9rimental sans pour autant susciter l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat ou se montrer original. Vraisemblablement, une \u0153uvre alambiqu\u00e9e et verbeuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note\u00a0: 07\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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