{"id":16834,"date":"2026-01-18T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=16834"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:13:12","slug":"le-coin-du-roman-le-dernier-roi-de-marettimo-ou-linterrogation-sur-le-statut-des-heros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2026\/01\/18\/le-coin-du-roman-le-dernier-roi-de-marettimo-ou-linterrogation-sur-le-statut-des-heros\/","title":{"rendered":"[Le coin du roman] Le dernier roi de Marettimo, ou l\u2019interrogation sur le statut des h\u00e9ros"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>Marettimo&#8230; petite \u00eele sur la c\u00f4te occidentale de Sicile. \u00c0 en croire certains, c\u2019est sur elle que la flotte romaine aurait vaincu l\u2019arm\u00e9e navale des Carthaginois. Si nous nous fions \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9crivain Samuel Butler, elle serait l\u2019Ithaque, o\u00f9 P\u00e9n\u00e9lope tissait sa tapisserie, en attendant le retour d\u2019Ulysse. Qu\u2019importe. L\u2019essentiel est de savoir qu\u2019elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 choisie par Gr\u00e9goire Domenach afin que naisse l\u2019amiti\u00e9 entre deux hommes issus d\u2019un milieu diff\u00e9rent : le G\u00e9nois Lorenzino, dit Zino, et l\u2019insulaire Cesare.<\/p>\n<p><b>Un pion sur les cases<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tour \u00e0 tour, ils prendront la parole. Pourquoi se sont-ils rencontr\u00e9s \u00e0 Marettimo\u00a0? Parce que la famille du premier y vient passer ses vacances d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9. Comment est n\u00e9e leur fraternit\u00e9 ? Le jour o\u00f9 un dignitaire local les a initi\u00e9s aux r\u00e8gles du jeu d\u2019\u00e9checs.<\/p>\n<p>Le rideau des pages s\u2019ouvre sur Cesare, convaincu qu\u2019il est le seul \u00e0 pouvoir raconter l\u2019histoire de Zino, retourn\u00e9 \u00e0 Marettimo apr\u00e8s cinquante ans d\u2019absence. Parti en France, dans des circonstances \u00e9tranges, alors qu\u2019il \u00e9tait adolescent, son ami avait rejoint la R\u00e9sistance, avant de devenir homme d\u2019affaires apr\u00e8s la guerre. Cesare, lui, continuait de p\u00eacher, de gravir les montagnes et de se livrer \u00e0 sa passion\u00a0: la sculpture. C\u2019est lui qui r\u00e9appara\u00eetra \u00e0 la chute du rideau. Entre-temps, vous aurez \u00e9cout\u00e9 Zino vous raconter comment des circonstances, ind\u00e9pendantes de notre volont\u00e9, peuvent transformer un homme, le d\u00e9placer tel un pion sur les cases d\u2019un \u00e9chiquier, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que la mort s\u2019abatte et lui inflige le mat. Une \u0153uvre audacieuse, compos\u00e9e avec un art s\u00fbr, \u00e9crite en une langue vigoureuse, d\u2019un accent tr\u00e8s personnel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p><b><span class=\"mln_small-caps_mln\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Bourgois, 20<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>euros<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marettimo&#8230; petite &icirc;le sur la c&ocirc;te occidentale de Sicile. &Agrave; en croire certains, c&rsquo;est sur elle que la flotte romaine aurait vaincu l&rsquo;arm&eacute;e navale des Carthaginois. 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