Il faut croire aux éléphants blancs

“Two years of nursery school, nine years of local school, two years of catechism, a primary school certificate, fifty-five years of social security contributions, a Shadock, one hundred and seventy-eight roles in the theater, sixty or so in the cinema, several half-dozen TV shows, hundreds of radio shows, dozens of record recordings, thousands of kilometers traveled on four continents, another Shadock, a driver’s license, a little less than 1 m 80, between 75 and 78 kg, depending, thirty-two teeth, still a lot of hair on his head, none on his tongue, several registration numbers, a bank account, a credit card, a savings account A, five or six Shadocks, some hope, some skepticism, a past, a present, an imperfect, perhaps a pluperfect somewhere and also still a little bit of a future, a soul to have some freshness, lots of questions and… several Shadocks.” Thus Claude Piéplu defines, in a tasty inventory à la Prévert, his existence and his career. Il faut croire aux éléphants blancs is a delightful evocation of a childhood that was not destined for the world of entertainment and of a career that has lasted for more than fifty years.

Product details
Publisher : Editions du Rocher (2 Feb. 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ French
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 201 pages