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Malaussène's apartment
“I have a three-six-nine concession at Père-Lachaise, 78, rue de la Folie-Régnault.”
Benjamin Malaussène
From Belleville to Brazil
If Belleville has always been part of Daniel Pennac‘s life, it is several thousand miles away that the young novelist finds inspiration. Preparing a trip to Brazil, after having written a novel refused by 17 publishers, Daniel Pennac is entrusted with 15 books of the Série noire collection by Jean-Bernard Pouy. For the author, it is a revelation, writing in this same vein fascinates him. Upon his return from his two-year Brazilian journey, Jean-Bernard Pouy challenged him to write a novel that would fit into the collection. This is how The Scapegoat was born.
The Malaussène’s apartment in the 11th district
Against the backdrop of a department store explosion, a fictitious scapegoat job and an investigation by a talented young journalist, the book takes its readers on a journey through the working-class neighborhood of Belleville. Living in the area, Daniel Pennac was inspired by the atmosphere, by characters he met and even by events he had already experienced.
By his own admission, Benjamin Malaussène is a bit like himself. “Benjamin, who is about the same age as me and is a sort of alter ego. He watches over the others very carefully but leaves them alone. I’m like that with my own,” the author confided to the Tribune de Genève in 2017.
Started in 1985, the Malaussène saga has sold more than 5.4 million copies.
Cult! novels : 100 mythical places of novels (French Edition)
Cult! Novels tells you the secrets of the places that made the history of literature.
Discover the history of Harry Potter’s house, the park that inspired the Lord of the Rings, Dracula’s castle and many other mythical places in literature in a new book.
78 Rue de la Folie-Regnault
Named after Régnault de Wandonne, a rich 14th century Parisian merchant, rue de la Folie-Régnault is a historic artery of the capital.
It was on these lands that the merchant built his country house in 1396. This domain, then called La Folie-Régnault, became in 1626 the property of the Jesuits. Little by little, Paris grew and the rue de la Folie-Régnault was then called “rue des Murs-de-la-Roquette”. Its right-angled layout has persisted to the present day. Between 1851 and 1899, the guillotine was stored not far from 78, at number 60. It is also on these lands that François d’Aix de La Chaise, confessor of King Louis XIV, lived and later gave his name to the famous Père-Lachaise cemetery.
The Fantrippers Buying Board
The Paris guide to the 1000 cult places of films, series, music, comics and novels
The coolest guide in Paris!
The café of Amélie, the mansion of Untouchables, the jazz club of the finale of La La Land, the Hôtel du Nord of the mythical replica of Arletty “Atmosphere”, the cinema of A bout de souffle, the restaurant of Ratatouille, the quays of the Seine of Midnight in Paris, the secret places of the Da Vinci Code, the grocery store of January in La Traversée de Paris , the Bridge of Inception and Peur sur la ville, the addresses of the spectacular scenes of Mission Impossible 6, but also series Call my agent, Gears, Le Bureau des légendes, Sense8, Sex and The City, Gossip Girl…
Etienne Daho’s Café de Flore, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s hotel in Nas in Paris, Serge Gainsbourg’s Poinçonneur des Lilas metro station, Serge Reggiani and Marc Lavoine’s Mirabeau Bridge, Mc Solaar’s Lyon station…
The places evoked in the comics Adèle Blanc-Sec, Largo Winch, Blake and Mortimer, Michel Vaillant…
But also in the novels of Ernest Hemingway, Victor Hugo, Leo Malet, Daniel Pennac, Marc Levy, Guillaume Musso… you’ll find all the must-see places of Parisian Pop Culture in this new guide.
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By Damien Duarte
Passionné par la culture pop depuis son enfance, ses références vont de Donald Duck à Batman en passant par Marty McFly. Fantripper dans l'âme, voyager sur les traces de Ghostbusters, James Bond ou des héros de romans comme Cotton Malone fait partie d'un séjour idéal et réussi !