1903. L'�lectricit� se r�pand dans les campagnes. Valentin Lescure, maire de Cornemule, gros bourg corr�zien, s�me la panique lorsqu'il proclame fi�rement : "Je vais �tre celui qui fait briller le soleil � minuit!" Jusqu'� pr�sent, les huit cents habitants de Cornemule ne s'�clairaient qu'� la chandelle et � la lampe � p�trole, et s'en trouvaient fort bien. Or voici que le maire, � l'approche des �lections municipales, fait cette d�claration. Et d�j� un barrage et une usine sont projet�s. �motion! Les vaches vont crever, les hommes perdre leur virilit�... L'ancien maire, Me B�ranger, prend la t�te de la r�volte, soutenu par tous les agriculteurs et le fabricant de chandelles du village.C'est alors qu'un beau soir, la place s'�claire, et ce que l'on ne voyait pas dans l'obscurit� se r�v�le: presque chaque nuit, l'un ou l'autre des notables du bourg rend visite � Jos�phine, la tr�s belle buraliste. Scandale! Et tandis que la campagne �lectorale attise les passions, un mal myst�rieux se r�pand...

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Membre de l'�cole de Brive dont il est l'�crivain le plus "populaire", romancier des situations contemporaines ("La Nuit des hulottes", "Ce soir il fera jour", "La neige fond toujours au printemps"), Gilbert Bordes s'est aussi r�v�l� grand romancier de l'Histoire avec "Les Fr�res du diable" (Robert Laffont, 1999) et "Lydia de Malemort" (Robert Laffont, 2000). Apr�s ses r�cents "Le Silence de la mule" et "Le Voleur de bonbons", Lumi�re � Cornemule est son quinzi�me roman.

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