L’héritage de François Bon Trois générations ou « ­l’éternité ici-bas »

This article analyses the work of François Bon, the fruit of a triple legacy: on the one hand, the world of the mechanic incarnated by the grandfather and the father; on the other, the universe of the library, transmitted by the mother, a teacher. If the rapports between the mechanic-father and writer-son were often conflictual, François Bon’s poetics are nonetheless based on paternal memories. The author reconciles a double legacy and pays hommage to the original “iron landscape”.