Robert Cormier
Naissance 17 January 1925 · Décès 2 November 2000
Robert Edmund Cormier était un écrivain et journaliste américain, connu pour ses romans profondément pessimistes, dont beaucoup ont été écrits pour les jeunes adultes. Les thèmes récurrents incluent la maltraitance, la maladie mentale, la violence, la vengeance, la trahison et le complot. Dans la plupart de ses romans, les protagonistes ne triomphent pas.
Parmi les œuvres les plus populaires de Cormier figurent *Je suis le fromage*, *Après la première mort*, *Nous tombons tous* et *La Guerre du chocolat*, toutes primées. *La Guerre du chocolat* a fait l'objet de contestations dans plusieurs bibliothèques.
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“Obie was bored. Worse than bored. He was also tired. He went to bed tired and woke up tired. He found himself yawning constantly.”
The Chocolate War, p. 7En anglais “The Goober looked frightened. He was one of those kids who always wanted to please everybody. The guy who never got the girl but worshipped her in secret while the big shot hero rode off in the sunset with her in the end.”
The Chocolate War, p. 32En anglais “It was a rotten world, full of treachery and evil, and you had to be on your toes at all times, ready to combat, outfox, outwit, outdeal everybody else.”
Beyond the Chocolate War, p. 40En anglais “The words final, like a trapdoor slamming shut.”
Beyond the Chocolate War, p. 95En anglais "Don't blame me," he said, surprised at her reaction. "Blame human nature. I didn't make the world."
Beyond the Chocolate War, p. 145En anglais
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Les livres de Robert Cormier dans l'ordre
Les livres de Robert Cormier dans l'ordre de parution, de Now and at the Hour (1960) à Chocolate War and Beyond the Chocolate War (2008).
- 1Now and at the Hour
Now and at the Hour1960 - 2La Guerre Des Chocolats
La Guerre Des Chocolats1974 - 3Je suis le fromage
Je suis le fromage1977 - 4After the First Death
After the First Death1979 - 58 Plus 1
8 Plus 11980 - 6The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway1983 - 7Beyond the Chocolate War (#2)
Beyond the Chocolate War (#2)1985 - 8Fade
Fade1988 - 9Other Bells for Us to Ring
Other Bells for Us to Ring1990 - 10Darcy
Darcy1991 - 11We All Fall Down
We All Fall Down1991 - 12Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Tunes for Bears to Dance To1992 - 13In the Middle of the Night
In the Middle of the Night1995 - 14Tenderness
Tenderness1997 - 15Heroes
Heroes1998 - 16The Chocolate War and Related Readings
The Chocolate War and Related Readings1998 - 17Frenchtown Summer
Frenchtown Summer1999 - 18The Rag and Bone Shop
The Rag and Bone Shop2001 - 19Chocolate War and Beyond the Chocolate War
Chocolate War and Beyond the Chocolate War2008