S-a conturat imediat ce am primit propunerea de la Polirom. Probabil, cunosc\u00e2nd tematica unora dintre romanele mele, s-au g\u00e2ndit c\u0103 a\u0219 fi cel mai \u00een m\u0103sur\u0103 s\u0103 scriu o biografie roman\u021bat\u0103 a scriitorului Eugeniu Botez, \u00een colec\u021bia lor de gen, unde au mai ap\u0103rut at\u00e2tea altele. Romanul meu, \u201eAcas\u0103, departe\u201d, intrase \u00een faza final\u0103 de editare, de el se ocupa redactorul Adrian Botez de la Polirom, discutam detalii ultime, \u00eenainte de a intra la tipar, \u0219i atunci a venit de la el \u0219i propunerea pentru cartea despre Jean Bart. Probabil, a venit pornind de la tematica romanului ce st\u0103tea s\u0103 apar\u0103, una omoloag\u0103, \u00een multe privin\u021be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nu foarte u\u0219or, pentru c\u0103 a trebuit s\u0103 g\u0103sesc o formul\u0103 narativ\u0103 potrivit\u0103 pentru un scriitor care nu a avut o oper\u0103 foarte \u00eentins\u0103, care e trecut cumva pe raftul doi al literaturii rom\u00e2ne \u0219i care nu prea a l\u0103sat m\u0103rturii. Dar biografia sa e spectaculoas\u0103, a\u0219a c\u0103 am profitat de ea. Spectaculos e din start contrastul \u00eentre un ofi\u021ber de marin\u0103 cu ambi\u021bii de umanioare (le-a \u0219i predat, la un moment dat, elevilor \u0219i cade\u021bilor), cu scriitori \u00een familie \u2013 fratele s\u0103u a fost criticul literar Octav Botez \u2013 \u0219i cu prietenii \u00eentinse \u00een lumea literar\u0103: Vianu, Ibr\u0103ileanu, Gherea, Bucu\u021ba, Vlahu\u021b\u0103, Caragiale, Galaction. A ie\u0219it destul de devreme din serviciul marinei militare tocmai pentru a se dedica literaturii, de\u0219i n-a fost lipsit de merite \u0219i ca ofi\u021ber de marin\u0103 (combatant \u00een R\u0103zboiul Balcanic \u0219i-n Primul R\u0103zboi Mondial, plus tot felul de delega\u021bii \u00een Fran\u021ba, \u00een \u021b\u0103rile nordice \u0219i-n SUA). A fost director la PEN Rom\u00e2nia, a primit premiul Academiei pentru \u201eJurnalul de bord\u201d \u0219i schi\u021bele marine \u0219i a reprezentat breasla literar\u0103 autohton\u0103 la \u00eent\u00e2lniri de profil prin Europa. Am optat pentru o combina\u021bie \u00eentre voci narative (un narator obiectiv ce repoveste\u0219te fragmente de via\u021b\u0103 povestite mai \u00eent\u00e2i de protagonist, \u00een varii ocazii colocviale \u0219i scrise) \u0219i am mixat date biografice cu lumea din spatele prozelor sale \u0219i mai ales cu mici inser\u021bii fic\u021bionale proprii, care s\u0103 fac\u0103 fluent\u0103 nara\u021biunea f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103-l falsifice, ca personaj real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Desigur, ca ceea ce e \u2013 o biografie roman\u021bat\u0103 a lui Eugeniu Botez, deci o oper\u0103 de fic\u021biune, \u00een ultim\u0103 instan\u021b\u0103 \u2013, dar \u0219i ca un roman Belle Epoque, cu un erou al timpului inedit: ofi\u021ber de marin\u0103 n\u0103scut \u00eentre dealurile Moldovei, l\u00e2ng\u0103 Suceava, rezident pasager \u00een ora\u0219e dun\u0103rene \u0219i marine, stabilit \u00een Bucure\u0219ti dup\u0103 trecerea \u00een rezerv\u0103, c\u0103l\u0103tor pe m\u0103ri, vis\u0103tor c\u00e2t \u00eencape, func\u021bionar \u00een ministerul socialelor, jurnalist cu mari ambi\u021bii literare (moartea prematur\u0103 imediat dup\u0103 ce i-a ap\u0103rut primul roman nu l-a l\u0103sat s\u0103 \u0219i le \u00eemplineasc\u0103), prozator talentat cu o tematic\u0103 aparte \u0219i cu mare empatie pentru un tip de umanitate m\u0103runt\u0103, altfel insignifiant\u0103 la scara marilor evenimente \u0219i a marilor toposuri geografice. El e recuperat prin acest roman \u00eentr-un portret proasp\u0103t \u0219i e proiectat \u00eentr-un decor istoric reconstituit \u00een liniile sale majore, din a doua jum\u0103tate a secolului XIX p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een anii 1930 (Jean Bart moare \u00een 1933, la 59 de ani). Juc\u00e2ndu-m\u0103 un pic cu termenii, a\u0219 zice c\u0103 romanul meu e o mic\u0103 juc\u0103rea prozastic\u0103, \u021bin\u00e2nd \u00een mijloc, ca-ntr-o bijuterie \u00een form\u0103 de scoic\u0103, efigia unui chip \u00een culori sepia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201eRomanul meu e o mic\u0103 juc\u0103rea prozastic\u0103, \u021bin\u00e2nd \u00een mijloc, ca-ntr-o bijuterie \u00een form\u0103 de scoic\u0103, efigia unui chip \u00een culori sepia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1616],"tags":[235,625,1617,132,2161,168],"coauthors":[1278],"class_list":["post-10740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cum","tag-adrian-g-romila","tag-biografii-romantate","tag-cum","tag-interviu","tag-jean-bart-argonautul","tag-roman"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CUM-2-AG-Romila-J-Bart.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10744,"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10740\/revisions\/10744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10740"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistafamilia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=10740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}