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Ormuz

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"Unissant le golfe Persique à la mer d'Arabie, le détroit d'Ormuz voit transiter une part importante du pétrole et du gaz irrigant l'économie mondiale. De temps à autre, l'Iran menace de le bloquer, cependant que les Etats-Unis y font défiler leurs navires de guerre. En gros, c'est ce que l'on désigne comme une zone de tensions, et comme un enjeu stratégique. Or Wax, un personnage aux contours indécis, a formé malgré tout le projet de le traverser à la nage. Y parviendra-t-il, avec l'aide du narrateur et en dépit de difficultés innombrables, ou bien va-t-il plutôt se noyer dans le détroit, pour finir?"--cover. "Linking the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, the Strait of Hormuz sees a significant share of oil and gas permeating the global economy passing through it. From time to time, Iran threatens to block it, while the US will patrol it with warships. This is what is referred to as an area of tension, and as a strategic issue.... Or Wax, a person with uncertain characteristics, formed the chancy project of swimming across. Will he succeed with the help of the narrator and despite countless difficulties, or will he end up drowning in the Strait?"--cataloger's translation of cover.

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