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Shape Of A City

Gracq, Julien
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781885586391
Publisert
2005-11-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Turtle Point Press
Vekt
240 gr
Høyde
190 mm
Bredde
102 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
184

Forfatter
Gracq, Julien

Om bidragsyterne

Julien Gracq (1910-2007), born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, was one of the greatest French writers of the twentieth century. His work included essays, criticism, fiction and journalism. He won but refused the Prix Goncourt in 1951 for his novel Le Rivage des Syrtes (The Opposing Shore). This retiring and misunderstood figure said he wrote "to settle a score with expression itself, to give form, stability, precision to things that are vague in the mind."

Shape Of A City

Gracq, Julien
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
Gracq, Julien
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
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"Mr Gracq is one of the more stimulating and original imaginations in contemporary French literature" - The New York Times Book Review"

The most original book of Julien Gracq's later output is about Nantes. It begins with a quotation from Beaudelaire that is repeated and distorted. Nantes, still haunted by Andr© Breton, Jacques Vache and Rimbaud behind them is reconstructed from a remembered image in which the lyc©e Cl©menceau occupies the centre. Pathos filtered through humour guides the author as he writes of a child's experience of the hierarchy of urban spaces. This is a beautiful work, provocative and powerfully set amid verifiable and equally moving land- and cityscapes.
Les mer
Nantes, city of Breton and Rimbaud, is reconstructed from a memory based on Gracq's childhood lycee.
"Mr Gracq is one of the more stimulating and original imaginations in contemporary French literature" - The New York Times Book Review"
1. Evening honoring Gracq's work will be planned at The Alliance Francaise, NYC and possibly A.F. locations throughout the states. 2. Review coverage in places like The New York Review of Books 3. Will do a major marketing push on this and TPP's other three Gracq titles to all College French Literature Departments. 4. Will try for high profile blurbers 5. Postcard, White Box and ABA
Les mer

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"Mr Gracq is one of the more stimulating and original imaginations in contemporary French literature" - The New York Times Book Review"

The most original book of Julien Gracq's later output is about Nantes. It begins with a quotation from Beaudelaire that is repeated and distorted. Nantes, still haunted by Andr© Breton, Jacques Vache and Rimbaud behind them is reconstructed from a remembered image in which the lyc©e Cl©menceau occupies the centre. Pathos filtered through humour guides the author as he writes of a child's experience of the hierarchy of urban spaces. This is a beautiful work, provocative and powerfully set amid verifiable and equally moving land- and cityscapes.
Les mer
Nantes, city of Breton and Rimbaud, is reconstructed from a memory based on Gracq's childhood lycee.
"Mr Gracq is one of the more stimulating and original imaginations in contemporary French literature" - The New York Times Book Review"
1. Evening honoring Gracq's work will be planned at The Alliance Francaise, NYC and possibly A.F. locations throughout the states. 2. Review coverage in places like The New York Review of Books 3. Will do a major marketing push on this and TPP's other three Gracq titles to all College French Literature Departments. 4. Will try for high profile blurbers 5. Postcard, White Box and ABA
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781885586391
Publisert
2005-11-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Turtle Point Press
Vekt
240 gr
Høyde
190 mm
Bredde
102 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
184

Forfatter
Gracq, Julien

Om bidragsyterne

Julien Gracq (1910-2007), born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, was one of the greatest French writers of the twentieth century. His work included essays, criticism, fiction and journalism. He won but refused the Prix Goncourt in 1951 for his novel Le Rivage des Syrtes (The Opposing Shore). This retiring and misunderstood figure said he wrote "to settle a score with expression itself, to give form, stability, precision to things that are vague in the mind."

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