Prévert. Unexpectedly.
See, the problem with schools is that they take pride in teaching you about classics, but, at the same time, they have to stay as consenual as possible. And classics aren't - or else they wouldn't be classics.
Often, they solve the conundrum by teaching you the most consensual, inoffensive, neutered texts by classic authors. And, doing that, they accidentally kill your interest in them. They make them "school authors".
It's up to you to re-discover them, later, despite of school, with a fresh eye. And see that there is more (more subversion, more despair) to them than the light, merry, family-friendly material you were exposed to.
Okay, it's a notorious process. And Brassens is the most typical exemple of it. But damn, I had overlooked Prévert.
Post edited October 09, 2018 by Telika