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Les armes miraculeuses

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Broché.

160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 27, 1946

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Aimé Césaire

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Martinique-born poet, playwright, and politician Aimé Fernand Césaire contributed to the development of the concept of negritude; his primarily surrealist works include The Miracle Weapons (1946) and A Tempest (1969).

A francophone author of African descent. His books of include Lost Body, with illustrations by Pablo Picasso, Aimé Césaire: The Collected Poetry, and Return to My Native Land. He is also the author of Discourse on Colonialism, a book of essays which has become a classic text of French political literature and helped establish the literary and ideological movement Negritude, a term Césaire defined as “the simple recognition of the fact that one is black, the acceptance of this fact and of our destiny as blacks, of our history and culture.” Césaire is a recipient of the International Nâzim Hikmet Poetry Award, the second winner in its history. He served as Mayor of Fort-de-France as a member of the Communist Party, and later quit the party to establish his Martinique Independent Revolution Party. He was deeply involved in the struggle for French West Indian rights and served as the deputy to the French National Assembly. He retired from politics in 1993. Césaire died in Martinique.

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April 10, 2016
J'ai toujours autant de mal avec le surréalisme et ce fut le cas avec Aimé Césaire.
J'ai apprécié de découvrir une infime partie du travail de ce grand homme, mais je n'ai pu adhérer à l'oeuvre, enfin aimé car son combat m'est apparu clairement comme ses pensées.
Dommage
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May 18, 2022
Je n’ai pas réussi à terminer ce recueil de poésies. Je n’adhère pas au style néo surréaliste. L’écrivain est inoubliable, ses vers le sont moins. Une exception:
“Le dernier des derniers soleils tombe;
Où se couchera-t-il sinon en Moi?”

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51 reviews
February 16, 2025
bien que je n'aime pas le surréalisme et que j'ai l'impression d'avoir compris 5% de ce recueil, le rythme de césaire est inégalable

il faut lire à voix haute pour pleinement apprécier l'aspect incantatif des poèmes et entrer en trance
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February 23, 2021
"les étoiles pourrissent dans les marais du ciel
Mais j'avance plus sûr et plus secret et plus terrible que l'étoile pourrissante" (Le grand midi)

Extrait de la tragédie "et les chiens se taisaient"

"[...] je n'ai pour moi que ma parole
par la grâce des terres jeunes et du bassin sismique
et des marais fleuris au front d'une blessure
phénix cicindelle catalpa lumière claire
ma parole puissance de feu
ma parole baisant la joue des tombes des cendres des lanternes
ma parole qu'aucune chimie ne saurait apprivoiser ni ceindre
mon grand désir sauvage nu noir sagace et brun"
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