But Mr. Matzneff referred to Mr. Girard as his patron and dedicated to him his diary of that era, “La Prunelle des mes yeux,’’ or “The Apple of my eye.’’ The diary details Mr. Matzneff’s relationship with the 14-year-old Ms. Springora. The book On Wednesday, Mr. Girard was questioned as a witness for four hours by detectives now “It’s horrible,’’ said Mr. Girard, who oversees culture for the Paris government.His four-hour questioning by the police on Wednesday came at a particularly bad time, as he campaigns for municipal councilor in Paris. Critiques (2), citations, extraits de La prunelle de mes yeux de Gabriel Matzneff. Cette quatrième de couverture est signée par l'auteur du livre, accusé, notamment pour son oeuvre, de prosélytisme pédophile.] Vous aimez ce livre ? PARIS — A powerful deputy mayor of Paris, who has been criticized for his links to the pedophile writer Despite a long association with the writer, the deputy mayor, Christophe Girard, in an interview with The New York Times, denied almost any knowledge of the abuses by the writer, who has written and spoke openly about his pedophilia since the 1970s and even dedicated a book to him.Instead, Mr. Girard said he had discovered Mr. Matzneff’s abuses only after reading “Le Consentement,’’ or “Consent,” which was published in early January. Un livre, un auteur que je regrette encore aujourd'hui d'avoir acheté mais aussi d'avoir lu... Honte à moi!!! La prunelle de mes yeux by Gabriel Matzneff ( Book ) Matzneff, l'exilé absolu by Vincent Roy ... roman by Gabriel Matzneff ( Book ) 8 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in French and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide L'amour de l'Italie et l'amour en Italie (des "amours non conformes"). I think he’s somewhat aware of the harm he’s caused me.’’Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.
He said he now regretted not having spoken out against the writer, though he said other government officials, including culture ministers, were also silent.“Why should I have been the white knight of French morality?’’ he said.Since the mid-1970s, Mr. Matzneff had written extensively and talked openly, on television and in countless written interviews, about engaging in sex tourism with boys in the Philippines and about what he described as great love affairs with a series of girls in their early teens in France.In 1974, Mr. Matzneff published a full-throated defense of pedophilia titled “Mr.
Mr. Girard acknowledged that in recent years, he and the writer dropped the “vous’’ in addressing each other and adopted the less formal “tu’’ — generally used in French society by people with close ties.“Me, I don’t use ‘tu’ much in general,’’ said Mr. Girard, but he could not explain why he used it with Mr. Matzneff.In recent weeks, the police — long criticized for not investigating Mr. Matzneff — have raided his publisher’s offices, the author’s apartment in Paris and the hotel room on the Italian Riviera where he has been hiding. “First, I think he’ll have the decency not to call me. Girard was the mayor of Paris’s 4th arrondissement at the time. But Mr. Matzneff referred to Mr. Girard as his patron and dedicated to him his diary of that era, “The diary details Mr. Matzneff’s relationship with the 14-year-old Ms. Springora.“Me, I don’t remember ever having read it,’’ he said of the diary. Grâce à Shakespeare, ils sont certainement les plus célèbres, les plus appréciés et les plus ancrés dans les mémoires depuis des siècles...Les cookies assurent le bon fonctionnement de Babelio. Mr. Girard could not explain why he Mr. Girard said he had dinner a few months ago with Mr. Matzneff, but did not consider him a friend. Faut-il séparer les hommes de leurs uvres ? [Note : Suite au témoignage de Vanessa Springora dans son livre Le Consentement, le parquet de Paris a ouvert une enquête contre Gabriel Matzneff pour « viols commis sur mineur de 15 ans ». Gabriel Matzneff (born August 12, 1936), is a French writer.