23 August 2021 | Culture
Françoise Hardy - Chansons Sur Toi Et Nous
Françoise Hardy is one of France's most iconic singers and actresses. Both author and composer, this book brings together all the song lyrics from her 55 year career. From 1962's 'Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles' to 2018's 'Personne d'Autre'.
Accompanying the lyrics are anectodes and memories of how the songs came about. Love, expectation, loss are the central theme.
"For a long time now, I have thought that it is more important to love than to be loved, and so much the better if there is a true reciprocity, love is often only an immense selfishness", wrote the great writer Sandor Marai.
In the book where we meet extraordinary personalities like Jean-Marie Périer, Etienne Daho, Véronique Sanson, Michel Berger, Serge Gainsbourg and of course the great Jacques Dutronc.