An extraordinary, unconventional and accessible linguist, Louis-Jean Calvet died at the age of 83 on October 29, in Bizerte in Tunisia, the same place where this “globetrotter” science, language and song, as he defined himself, had begun his journey on June 5, 1942. Completing a path he wanted to end at its point of origin.
However, the practice of his autobiography did not interest him so much that he had to sacrifice it and when, for his 80th birthday, he published It’s much better if the road is long. Memories of Memories, 1942-2022 (Lambert-Lucas, 2022), it just matters “memories of memories”photographs that accumulate like so many historical milestones that are not a story but rather an evocation of astonishing, surprising, mind-blowing encounters, whether they concern language, politics, individuals or thinkers, interspersed with documents, photographs and portraits; so many explosions that each reader arranges it according to his wishes.
You have 83.34% of this article left to read. The remainder is provided to customers.
