Abstract

LASSUS, Jean-Marie. El colgajo (2018), by Philippe Lançon: a clinical experience of writing and literature. Desde el Sur [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.2, pp.13-22. ISSN 2076-2674.  http://dx.doi.org/10.21142/DES-1102-2019-13-22.

The object of this study is the autobiographical work by the journalist and writer Philippe Lançon, entitled «Le lambeau» («Shreds») (2018). Lançon survived the attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on January 7th 2015. He writes of his time in hospital and the long months of surgeries and facial reconstruction procedures, during which writing helped him cling to life. The article focuses on the world constructed by the narrator somewhere between autobiography and literary fiction, as he reflects upon medical care and humanism, health and culture.

Keywords : life story; trauma; art; culture; health.

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