Patricia Farazzi's 'D'un noir illimité' Reviewed by Jacqueline Caux

Jacqueline Caux reviews Patricia Farazzi's novel 'D'un noir illimité', published by Editions de l'éclat. The novel is described as a Proustian search for lost time, set in the early 1970s—a period of taboo-breaking that transformed French society. The story follows Arthur, a blind saxophonist who was part of the Urban Sax group and attended Sun Ra's legendary concert at Les Halles de Baltard the day after Charles de Gaulle's death. Other characters include the narrator Nell, Sam (a former junkie now integrated), and Dita (a dangerous, destructive libertarian). The narrative weaves their intersecting lives, blurring identities and creating a labyrinthine structure reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'. The review highlights the novel's musical development and its foreboding sense of an impending, limitless darkness.