Lors d'un aller Paris-Rome en train, un passager remet en question son existence, ses choix, avant de se r�signer � la m�diocrit�. L�on Delmont, 45 ans, est un homme qui a r�ussi. Pourtant, il �touffe aupr�s d'une �pouse acari�tre et de quatre enfants qui sont pour lui des �trangers. Tandis qu'il se rend � Rome, comme chaque mois, il repense � sa ma�tresse, la belle romaine, C�cile, qu'il a l'intention de faire enfin venir � Paris pour qu'ils vivent ouvertement ensemble. Il a donc pris une d�cision. Mais la fatigue du voyage en troisi�me classe et les souvenirs de nombreux autres voyages effectu�s seul, avec sa femme ou avec C�cile, vont peu � peu modifier cette d�cision. Avec La Modification, r�compens� par le prix Renaudot en 1957, Michel Butor r�ussit le pari de raconter le bouleversement d'une vie � l'int�rieur d'un compartiment, en l'espace de vingt heures. Le style extr�mement original, n�o-r�aliste, partag� entre le pr�sent du voyage en train, le pass� imm�diat et le futur proche, caract�ristique du Nouveau roman, est notamment remarquable par l'utilisation de la deuxi�me personne du pluriel : "Vous �tes encore transi de l'humidit� froide qui vous a saisi lorsque vous �tes sorti du wagon". De ce huis clos, Delmont n'est pas le seul � sortir "modifi�" : le lecteur, directement interpell� par l'auteur, reste subjugu�. --C�line Darner

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