PHOTOS of VENICE and FRANCE
 

Thoughts upon the World

I have also written some texts
unusual enough because I have made them with my own thought
They are in French, some in English, Italian and Chinese as well
You can read their complete version clicking the titles

Synopsis
E-book & Paper version




 ENGLISH VERSION 



THE SAGE
             partly in Chinese too  智者 之 書
             displays the human world as it rules (189 thoughts of 3 or 4 lines)
             It is the work of my life

Ten of my novels and my tragedy have been marvelously translated into English by my dear friend Adrian Shaw  (adrian@adrianshaw.eu)

SHE IS A MYSTERY TO ME
             a meeting of minds between teenage boy and girl
MY LIFE IS EXPECTED OF ME
             a teenager discovers adults' world
IT WAS HOT
             some teenagers wonder how they can form their opinions and what stands beyond words
WE WERE GLAD
             a boy and a girl try to live their love together
I HAVE TO BE A MAN
             in the ancient farmers' world, the question marks of some teenagers about their being
IT'S RAINING - VENICE IN 1973
             the end of a world in Venice painfully experienced by its young inhabitants
             Preface of Dottor Marino Zorzi
             Director of the Marciana National Library in Venice (Italy)

SOME LIGHT SNOW HAD JUST FALLEN - PARIS IN 1948
             discovery of Paris in 1948, experienced and compared
             with counties by two young lovers
I COULD SEE HER IN THE MIRROR
             the young hero ponders upon the strange reality of existence
COME ON, WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE TRAIN!
             a group of pals spend peaceful summer holidays in the country.
             Two of them, who have never not been in love with each other,
             decide to build their own life
AROUND ME THE BIRDS WERE SINGING
             Milady and Sire
ANTIGONE
             one act tragedy where the heroine faces society and gods

PRAECOR
             121 short satirical articles upon daily life in society  (translation E. Mongiat)





FRENCH ORIGINAL TEXTS




LE SAGE

Listen LE SAGE  -  partly in Chinese too  智者 之 書
displays the human world as it rules  (189 thoughts of 3 or 4 lines)
It is the work of my life


Nineteen novels


Listen  ELLE EST, POUR MOI, UN MYSTERE
a meeting of minds between teenage boy and girl (147 pages)

Listen  ON ME DEMANDE MA VIE
a teenager discovers adults' world (132 pages)

IL FAISAIT CHAUD
some teenagers wonder how they can form their opinions and what stands beyond words
(137 pages)

Listen  NOUS ETIONS JOYEUX
a boy and a girl try to live their love together (138 pages)

IL FAUT QUE JE SOIS UN HOMME
in the ancient farmers' world, the question marks of some teenagers about their being
(171 pages)

LA VALLEE EST LOIN
some teenagers talk over the meaning of life (135 pages)

IL PLEUT  -  Venise en 1973
the end of a world in Venice painfully experienced by its young inhabitants (177 pages)
Preface of Dottor Marino Zorzi, Director of the Marciana National Library in Venice (Italy)

UNE NEIGE FINE VENAIT DE TOMBER  -  Paris en 1948
discovery of Paris in 1948, experienced and compared with counties by two young lovers
(282 pages)

JE LA VOYAIS DANS LE MIROIR
the young hero ponders upon the strange reality of existence (219 pages)

DERNIERES VACANCES AVANT L'ANNEE DES EXAMENS
for summer holidays a boy gets back to his original mountains and falls in love with a girl living there. Plenitude of daily life (185 pages)

LES ORGES VENAIENT DE FRISSONNER
young friends are on summer holidays, chatting quietly and marveling at nature, whilst time glides by, day after day (228 pages)

VITE, NOUS ALLONS RATER LE PETIT TRAIN!
a group of pals spend peaceful summer holidays in the country. Two of them, who have loved each other since childhood, decide to build their own life (261 pages)

ELLE VENAIT D'APPARAITRE HORS DU BOIS
two teenagers in love, walking around the countryside (292 pages)

AUTOUR DE MOI, LES OISEAUX CHANTAIENT
Milady and Sire (358 pages)

JE PARS AU LOIN
with what at the end of it? (321 pages)

UN SOUFFLE D'AIR CHAUD VENAIT DE ME REVEILLER
Master Duckling leads summer lessons (223 pages)

LA RIVIERE DORT A L'OMBRE DES GRANDS VERGNES
strolling in Charente (403 pages)

LE PAYSAGE ME REGARDAIT
tender novel in Lorraine (193 pages)

L’AUBE COMMENÇAIT A PERCER LA NUIT
a boy and a girl in Versailles love each other with sincerity (409 pages)


Play


Listen  ANTIGONE
one act tragedy where the heroine faces society and gods


Short stories


Listen  LA VIE
deeply moving stories nourished with the author's life (131 pages)


Poems


REVES ET FLANERIES
sonnets mainly, dreaming and nonchalant (77 poems)


Satirical articles


PRAECOR
121 short satirical articles upon daily life in society


Travel story


Listen  SOUVENIRS DU FRIUL
memories of strolling, written with Eléonore Mongiat, in her mountainous country north of Venice (46 pages)
SOUVENIRS DU FRIUL  in Italian  -  A passionate translation by Claudio Petris




SERGE BASSENKO ET MOI - SOUVENIRS D'UNE VIE  in French  by Eleonore Mongiat  :  The photographic and literary adventure of Serge Bassenko, told by his girlfriend and witness of each moment, resulting in 5 Cdrom of 7,000 photos and 25 written works. Private and unpublished photos, anecdotes, interview, first works...







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