At the Brive Book Fair, Thomas Hugues, a familiar face from television, took part in the "D’un mot à l’autre" initiative, a reading chain designed for the event. Far from the studios, he rediscovered the joy of reading and sharing a chosen text.
Having loved "Veiller sur elle" by Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Thomas Hugues happily immersed himself in "Des diables et des saints" by the same author. He selected a passage focusing on the piano and Beethoven, which he read with pleasure to an audience.
"It's great to read aloud in public, it's very enjoyable," commented Hugues, drawn to the transmission spirit of this reading chain and the fair's setting. "You want to participate in a collective adventure," he added.
“"Am I presentable?"
His wife, Isabelle Roche-Hugues, director of the Raymond Devos foundation and museum house, also shared a few lines from Alice Renard's "La colère et l’envie," discussing friendships born of circumstances. She then read phrases from Raymond Devos about the emergence of ideas.
A third reader, who wished to remain anonymous, read an excerpt from Christian Bobin's "Une petite robe de fête," celebrating the joy of reading, in front of an audience that included Thomas Hugues and Isabelle Roche-Hugues, who had become spectators themselves.
