ROCK'N TAULES by Pierre HANOT (2005)

ROCK'N TAULES by Pierre HANOT - Éditions Le Bord de l'eau - 2005 - 142 pages Testimony and reflection, but also a cry of indignation as well as a literary and musical act: Pierre Hanot recounts in this book the reality of a confinement whose conditions are increasingly unbearable: a vulgar mixture of dramas and anecdotes, a totally and horribly contradictory environment that escapes preconceived ideas and comfortable assumptions. From Marseille to Rennes and from Strasbourg to Toulouse, from detention centers to prisons, men's or women's prisons, a panoramic and unadorned view of the hexagonal prison world. Testimony as well as a literary act and a musical road trip, this road diary behind bars draws an implacable observation without demagoguery. ''Why do I play in prison? Already more than 170 concerts behind bars, dictated by chance, necessity, or the spirit of contradiction. I love the offbeat moments; the border, the limit, between the two worlds, is still elsewhere. It gives a sense of fragility, it prevents sleeping and it nourishes poetry.''