by Jean-Paul Dubois · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782757807217
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«Éloge du gaucher» is Jean-Paul Dubois's essay on the experience of being left-handed, published by Points in paperback (222 pages, in French).
The author describes the small daily conflicts of left-handed people in a world made for right-handers: uncomfortable scissors, handles and doors always on the wrong side, or the joy of driving on the left. He speaks of thwarted left-handers, sometimes assertive and sometimes paralyzed, and with sharp prose celebrates a people who refuse to choose between their two hands.
The work was originally published in 1986; this Points edition dates from 2008.
For essay readers who want an ironic and close look at the small everyday battles of left-handed people.
Jean-Paul Dubois is a French journalist and author. He won the Prix Goncourt in 2019 for Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon, a novel told from the perspective of a prisoner looking back on life. The jury compared Dubois to John Irving and William Boyd, who wrote books that were both popular and critical successes.
