Saturday, 25 May 2019

Tobie Nathan, "L’évangile selon Youri"

    This is a book telling the story of a boy named Youri. We meet him through the eyes of a retired psychotherapist, to whom the child knows why he keeps coming back. After an unexplained incident that took place in the nursing home where Youri was staying, he is rejected by his colleagues. He is suspected of sorcery and so he goes to the psychotherapy center where Elie works. By reading we find out that the boy is a Romanian emigrant who came to France with his mother. There would be nothing unusual about it except for the fact that Youri knows everything and has supernormal abilities. 
    He changes the lives of everyone he meets. His dying mother wants Elie to take care of her son after her death. At the beginning, the skeptical idea of ​​the idea becomes attached to the boy who begins to heal the sick in a nearby clothing store, which Eli is a regular visitor to. Heals souls. Thanks to the boy, Elie is recognized as the savior of the President of the Republic, who has been kidnapped by terrorists because of the interference of a boy, whom no one ever notices, or at least does not connect with him the successful end of events. While reading, we attach to the boy as if we knew him personally.
    The reading encourages reflection on whether we can actually rationally explain everything, or we know the answers to all the questions. The author addresses many issues, ranging from emigration, terrorist activities and issues related to faith. Not only does he immerse us in history, he also shares his thoughts with us. 
From the very beginning, we want to know the whole story.

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