{"id":6083,"title":"Mon Grand-Père  ","dimensions":"17 x 10.2 cm, 63 p, language: French (available in Spanish and Swedish), publisher: Editions Allia, Paris, ISBN: 284485009X","date_begin":"2007-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/171","stream_count_app":19,"permalink":"mon-grand-pere","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/012/903/large/evibert_20121015_102336_001.jpg?1350290152","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIrony and banality are on the menu in Mrejen\u0026rsquo;s first novel, \u003cem\u003eMon Grand-P\u0026egrave;re\u003c/em\u003e, a tender, autobiographical portrait of a sometimes plain ordinary, yet often dysfunctional, family with a slightly shady despot of a grandfather.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAll her three novels, which were published in 2005 under one title, \u003cem\u003eTrois Quartiers\u003c/em\u003e, are characterized as much by their terseness and Parisian setting as by their distinct literary style \u0026mdash; short blocks of text, chronologically shuffled and fragmented in such a way that they could act as written mini-storyboards for one of Mrejen\u0026rsquo;s films.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://valeriemrejen.com/folio/?portfolio=mon-grand-pere\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e Ironie en banaliteit staan op het menu in Mr\u0026eacute;jens eerste roman, *Mon Grand-P\u0026egrave;re*, een teder, autobiografisch portret van een soms doodgewone maar vaak disfunctionele familie met een lichtjes duistere despoot van een grootvader. \u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e Al haar drie romans, die in 2005 samen werden uitgebracht onder de titel *Trois Quartiers*, zijn evenzeer bepaald door hun bondigheid en hun setting in Parijs als door hun uitgesproken literaire stijl \u0026mdash; korte brokken tekst, chronologisch door elkaar gehaspeld en gefragmenteerd, zodat ze zouden kunnen dienen als uitgeschreven mini-storyboards voor een film van Mr\u0026eacute;jen. [Novel website](http://valeriemrejen.com/folio/?portfolio=mon-grand-pere)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1461,"name":"Valérie Mréjen","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}