The Desert Island Book by Julien

Today in our show we received a very prestigious guest : Antoine Pacquier.

Antoine was born in Paris on June 26th 1995. He lives in Bagneux with his father, mother and brother. His brother is 13 years old.

Antoine traveled a lot, he has gone to Greece and Germany (last year with his highschool), to the Canaries and Spain.

Antoine, in the future, would like to be a hobo or a chief executive.

To go to the lost island, Antoine has chosen to take L'étranger of Albert Camus.

This book tells the story of a man who killed some people; he's in prison and thinks about his life.

Antoine likes a phrase about this book "a man can't live just one day".

He read this book the first week of Summer's holiday, in 3 days.

We thank Antoine for this very informative interview and wish him good luck. Thank you for your attention and see you soon. It was Julien Sanchez in Desert Island Book.

Presentation of Hair Today, No Her Tomorrow

"Hair Today, No Her Tomorrow is a poem" written in 1988 by Brian Patten, a Liverpool Poet.
The text is from the book Storm Damage, it's about love, cheating and unfaithfulness.
His work is composed of four stanzas, lines are short and there are many repetitions such as " I said [...] she said" at the end of lines.
The poem shows a couple who is quarelling about... a hair !
In fact, the woman found a black hair on their bed. She thought her husband was cheating on her and she told him she also cheated on him, although it was false.
He replied, it was cat's hair and asked her to go even if she admitted not to have deceived him.
... Because he really did and the cat was white !

I've appreciated a lot this poem, it's humorous and nice !
Brian Patten writes about a couple's life and he isn't growing more attractive by saying they're in love.
The punch line unexpected and original !
It's realistic and it can happen to anyone and it's true, and it shows you how stupid we are in these cases.

Marie-Sandra COUDERT.

Desert Island Books

Interview of Marie Billet : she was born next to Paris, she lives in Massy. She would likes to be a journalist, she want to succeed in her studies to succeed in life. She's serious student, likes to go with her friends. She has been to Corsica, "it's a very beautiful island " she said. She likes reading because if she doesn't like it, she wouldn't have chosen the literature section.

If she was alone on a desert island, she would put, in her bag, La Belle du Seigneur. It's romantic realistic book by Albert Cohen, the story takes place after the World War II. It's about a woman who is maried with a man who works with the UNO and the husband's boss falls in love with her and she leave her house and goes out with him but her love disappeares but thez must stay together and, to finish, to kill themselves.

Marie read just for the pleasure and when she read it, she had a lot of emotion because it remenber of past.

On the Road... On a Desert Island ?

Yesterday, on Radio 4, we hosted Sophie, 15, from Paris.
In life, she likes hanging out with friends, going to the cinema and listening to music.
She also plays the guitar.
The interviewer asked what kind of book she likes.
She said she has no favourite genre but does like classics, just as "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, an American author from Massachusetts.
The main carachter is Dean, our guest found him interesting aswell as his conception of life ;
Carpe Diem
During the story he meets people but travels alone no matter what.
That's why she would take it with her on a desert island. She would think like him.

Marie-Sandra COUDERT.

Desert Island Books by Emmanuelle

Today, the interviwee of the radio called "Desert Island Books" is Meryl Jocktan. Let me introduce herself. She is a student of Notre Dame. She is seventeen years old. She had a good childhood because she travelled a lot and met a lot of people. She thinks that it was very fun. Her first book is babar. She would like to travel in Asia especially in Japan. She doesn't like reading a lot, she read four books this year.

Her favourite book ever is Intenebris. She read this book during her holidays. It's an horror book with suspence and blood. When she reads it, she is transported in an another world. It's a book whose the hero is a policeman who seek the serial killer who killed all his family. She really likes it, and she recommends it.

Desert Island Book by Marie

Today, the guest was Audrey Chauveau. She is a student in IND at Bourg-la-Reine, she lives in this town and is a very nice girl, aged sixteen.

First of all, she laks to us that she has travelled a lot, to Italia, Egypt, England, Wales, Belgium... and she particulary likes Egypt. She is a very dynamic girl, practices gymnastic ans plays the guitar. She likes visiting Paris with friends, going to museums, theaters..

If she must be alone on a desert island, she'll choose GONE by Michaël Grant. The story is about a town where there are no adults, the teenagers must survive alone. If she became a writer, she'll write realistic or romantic books. She likes read book because the story transport her into other world and make her fell strong emotions.

It was a very interesting interview during wich we learnt amusing things.

Desert Island Books, by Laura

Her name is Mathilde and she doesn't have a favourite book, but she likes The Old Man in the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. It's the first "serious" novel that she read. She doesn't think she would take it to a Desert Island because she prefers saving her life and so she would take Robinson Crusoe to know how to survive. The book she ashamed to like is The Little Prince by Saint Exupéry. If she was a writer, she would like to write Mer Anarchy, but she woulden't write Figaro's Wedding. If she were a character in a book, she would be Benjamin Malaussène in the novel by Daniel Pennac, but she woulden't be Pauline in Pauline. Finaly, she recommends The Picture of Dorian's Gray.