Éric Vuillard has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators. The most-rated is The Order of the Day.
14 juillet
Summary
"Paris est désormais au peuple. Tout chaviré. Aiguisé. Se baignant aux fontaines. La nuit est tombée. De petits groupes marchent sur les barrières. Ce sont des bandes d'ouvriers, de menuisiers, de tailleurs, gens ordinaires, mais aussi des porte-faix, des sans-emplois, des argotiers, sortis tout droit de leur échoppe ou du port au Bled. Et dans la nuit de la grande ville, il y eut alors une étincelle, cri de mica. L'octroi fut incendié. Puis un autre. Encore un autre. Les barrières brûlaient. Ce qui brûle projette sur ce qui nous entoure un je-ne-sais-quoi de fascinant. On danse autour du monde qui se renverse, le regard se perd dans le feu. Nous sommes de la paille." (Éric Vuillard) Ce 14 juillet est un rappel bienvenu de la puissance du peuple quand il décide de changer les choses. Éric Vuillard redonne vie et fureur à cet épisode essentiel de l'histoire de France que l'on croit - à tort - bien connaître.
©2016 Actes Sud (P)2017 Le Livre Qui Parle
The Order of the Day
Summary
Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt Éric Vuillard’s gripping novel The Order of the Day tells the story of the pivotal meetings which took between the European powers in the run up to World War Two. What emerges is a fascinating and incredibly moving account of failed diplomacy, broken relationships and the catastrophic momentum which led to conflict. The titans of German industry - set to prosper under the Nazi government - gather to lend their support to Adolf Hitler. The Austrian Chancellor realises too late that he has wandered into a trap as Hitler delivers the ultimatum that will lay the groundwork for Germany’s annexation of Austria. Winston Churchill joins Neville Chamberlain for a farewell luncheon held in honour of Joachim von Ribbentrop: German Ambassador to England, soon to be Foreign Minister in the Nazi government, and future defendant at the Nuremberg trials. Suffused with dramatic tension, this unforgettable novel tells the tragic story of how the actions of a few powerful men brought the world to the brink of war.
©2019 Eric Vuillard and Mark Polizzotti (P)2019 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd
Die Tagesordnung
Summary
Mit virtuoser Eindringlichkeit und satirischem Biss seziert Vuillard die Mechanismen des Aufstiegs der Nationalsozialisten und macht deutlich, dass inszenierte Aufnahmen aus deren Propagandaministerium noch heute die Grundlage für unser Verständnis von dieser Zeit darstellen. Indem er diese Bilder zerlegt und sie virtuos neu zusammenfügt, erzählt Vuillard eine andere Geschichte, als die uns bekannte - und erhielt dafür den wichtigsten französischen Literaturpreis.
©2017 / 2018 MSB Matthes & Seitz Berlin Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Übersetzung von Nicola Denis, Copyright der Originalausgabe: Actes Sud, "L'Ordre du Jour" (P)2018 speak low
The Order of the Day
Summary
Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt, this eye-opening account of the muddled forces at work behind the Anschluss brilliantly dismantles the myth of a glorious and inevitable Nazi victory. February 20, 1933: on an unremarkable day during a harsh Berlin winter, a meeting of twenty-four German captains of industry and senior Nazi dignitaries is being held in secret in the plush lounges of the Reichstag. They are there to "stump up" funding for the accession to power of the National Socialist Party and its fearsome Chancellor. This inaugural scene sets the tone of consent which will lead to the worst possible repercussions. March 12, 1938: the annexation of Austria is on the agenda and a grotesque day ensues that is intended to make history: the newsreels capture for eternity a motorized army, a terrible, inexorable power. But behind Goebbels's splendid propaganda, it is an ersatz Blitzkrieg which unfolds, the Panzers breaking down en mass on the roads of Austria. The true behind-the-scenes story of the Anschluss - a patchwork of minor shows of strength and fine words, a string of fevered telephone calls and vulgar threats - reveals a starkly different picture: it is no longer strength of character or the determination of a people that wins the day, but rather a combination of intimidation and bluff. With this vivid, compelling history, Éric Vuillard warns against the perils of willfully blind acquiescence, and offers a crucial reminder that, ultimately, the worst is not inescapable.
©2018 Actes Sud. (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2018 by Mark Polizzotti.