L'oeil du loup - Daniel Pennac

L'oeil du loup - Daniel Pennac

Collection Écoutez lire, Gallimard

Born worlds apart: a wolf from the Far North and a boy from Yellow Africa...The wolf has lost nearly everything on his journey to the zoo, including an eye and his beloved pack. The boy too has lost much and seen many terrible things. They stand eye-to-eye on either side of the wolf's enclosure and, slowly, each makes his own extraordinary story known to the other...

In L'oeil du loup (The Eye of The Wolf) master storyteller Daniel Pennac weaves a tale that is magical, mysterious and utterly unforgettable. Look into the Eye of the Wolf and you will be captivated.

1 CD 1 hour 20 minutes. Beautifully read by the author.

Daniel Pennac is a teacher and prize winning French author best known for his imaginative children's books and particularly for his series “La Saga Malaussène”, that tells the story of Benjamin Malaussène, a scapegoat, and his family who live in Belleville, Paris.

Résumé

La grille d'un enclos, dans un zoo. Un vieux loup tourne en rond. Jour après jour, un petit garçon le regarde et, un matin, leurs regards se croisent. D'un côté, le loup borgne, de l'autre, le petit garçon à l'œil fermé. Les deux se racontent leur histoire.

Toute la vie du loup défile au fond de son œil : une vie sauvage dans le Grand Nord, la meute, la traque des chasseurs, la capture et le zoo enfin. L’œil de l’enfant raconte le sable de l'Afrique, les forêts équatoriales, le guépard, le dromadaire.