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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.

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The Shape Of A City

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    A Paperback / softback by Julien Gracq

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      Publisher: Turtle Point Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/11/2005
      ISBN13: 9781885586391, 978-1885586391
      ISBN10: 1885586396

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

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

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