Philippe Deblaise unveils his new novel, “incuable”

In his house in Gémozac. Similarly, south of Saintes, Philippe Deblaise has a library, wide as two arms apart, which invites the visitor’s eye. Therefore, A library of old books. Nevertheless, it must be specified, because the owner does not like anything better than this bibliophilia, to the point of being today a bookseller of old, after having left his sons to take care of the family vineyard, concomitantly of the breeding of Arab horses of Endurance, although the happy sixties still watches over the equine livestock.

The work of the morning then quickly took another path. Moreover, It is articulated differently, depending on the days and the occupations. However, the passion for reading is never far away, like that of books and writing. Philippe Deblaise’s latest novel, “incuable”, testifies.

137 pages – Philippe deblaise unveils his new

“Incuable” designates a work that dates from the beginnings of the printing, philippe deblaise unveils his new prior to the year 1500. The work of the Gémozacais reads on 137 pages. He extended a previous book. released in 2021 (Liralst/Le Pythagoras editions) on Nicolas Jenson, renowned French typographer who worked in Venice in the XV^e century: he is the inventor of Roman character. Typography historians consider Jenson’s Roman as one of the most perfect printing characters ever engraved. In the city of Doges, the French managed one of the largest printing works in Europe.

In “Incuable”, Philippe Deblaise tells the story of a Bible in four volumes coveted by a wealthy New York collector. “It ultimately shows the part of madness that there is in any collector. all the more when you have huge financial means at its disposal,” says the author, who fell very small in reading. “I was tanning my parents to buy me series. I remember Maupassant news for example. Reader, author, Philippe Deblaise is philippe deblaise unveils his new nonetheless an inveterate collector, but without the madness of his novel character.