A piece of prescience from Jean-Claude Izzo
Remember the French riots of 2005? Here's a passage from Chourmo, the second volume in Jean-Claude Izzo's Marseilles trilogy:
"[Pertin] wasn't directly responsible for Serge's death. Or Pavie's. But he was the symbol of a police force I hated. A police force in which political ideas and personal ambitions were placed above the values of the Republic, like justice and equality. ... If the suburbs exploded one day, it would be down to them. Their contempt. Their xenophobia. Their hate. And their shabby little schemes to become, one day, `a great cop.'"
"[Pertin] wasn't directly responsible for Serge's death. Or Pavie's. But he was the symbol of a police force I hated. A police force in which political ideas and personal ambitions were placed above the values of the Republic, like justice and equality. ... If the suburbs exploded one day, it would be down to them. Their contempt. Their xenophobia. Their hate. And their shabby little schemes to become, one day, `a great cop.'"
Izzo published those words in 1996.
© Peter Rozovsky 2007
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posted by Peter Rozovsky at 2:09 AM
4 Comments:
Incredibilmente vero..
Quando nel 2005 sono successi i fatti in Francia ho pensato la stessa cosa.
Grande Izzo!
s
Izzo era allo stesso tempo romatico e realista. E adesso devo aspetarre traduzione inglese de Solea!
Pensavo ci fosse già.
s
Il 1 di giugno!
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