Michel Vignard's 'La peau du chien' Reviewed by Jérôme Lebrun

Jérôme Lebrun reviews Michel Vignard's book 'La peau du chien', published by Éditions la Chambre d'échos. The review describes the work as a retrospective narrative that compresses childhood into a brief, vivid sequence of events. The story is told from an elusive perspective, as if someone is rejoining their own childhood. The text includes a quote about a house at the end of a cul-de-sac behind a canal, where the mother warns of danger. The father works at a factory and then builds the house, while the mother admires his efforts. Animals are born and die without speaking. The child, encouraged by a teacher at school, follows a dog or watches pigs at home, receiving no explanations. Through intuition of words, the child understands this closed world and glimpses adult reality, striving to avoid the dog's fate. The review is published in artpress in January 2010.