Georges Jaumain

Date: 17 / 07 - 2008
Date of Birth: 12 / 10 - 1948
Place: Fourways
Book: Various - Visit www.ecrivainglacoste.co.za

1. Who is your favourite hero of fiction?
Amedee, the main character of “Un de Baumugnes” from Jean Giono

2. What is your most treasured possession?
Curiosity

3. Which living person do you most dislike?
Anyone who thinks he’s God (you’re free to choose amongst the ones you know)

4. What is your greatest fear?
Being stuck in a wormhole ten meters underground

5. Who or what has been the greatest love of your life?
Freedom

6. What is your greatest regret?
Not to be born with Shakespeare or Victor Hugo’s imagination

7. If you could choose to be a character in a book, who would it be?
Robin Hood or Robinson Crusoe

8. Which book have you read the most in your lifetime?
‘Un de Baumugnes’ from Giono

9. What is your favourite journey?
The next one

10. Cats or Dogs? Which do you prefer?
Cats

11. What quality do you most admire in a woman?
Sense of humor  

12. Which book that you’ve written is your favourite?
The one I burnt last night

13. What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Let it be. Follow your inner voice and let it speak through you.

14. What are your favourite names?
Laurianne – Isabelle – Amanda – Alice – Christophe -

15. What do you do as a hobby?
Walk – Read – Paint – Play piano or Guitar – Travel the world – Practice Tai-Chi and Chi-Kung – Meditate – Study Advaita - and obviously …write!

16. What are your top 3 books?
‘Un de Baumugnes’ (Giono) - ‘Da Vinci code’ (D.Brown) - ‘Posthumous pieces’ (Wei Wu Wei)

17. Where do you get your greatest ideas for writing?
Somewhere out there


Interviewer: via email, Amanda Patterson
28 July 2008