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L'Immaculée Conception

" Par sa poétique double de l'automatisme puis du collage, L'Immaculée Conception concilie les deux grands modes d'écriture, issus des Illuminations de Rimbaud et des Poésies de Ducasse, qui déterminent la majestueuse révolution surréaliste telle que celleci se trouve illustrée dans l'un des plus grands livres qu'elle ait jamais produits.
L'Immaculée Conception est ce livre. Son ambition est immense. Elle l'est à un tel point qu'aucun lecteur n'a pu en prendre encore la mesure. Il s'agit de tout faire tenir en l'espace des quelques pages fulgurantes qui donnent à cet ouvrage sa dimension d'encyclopédie poétique de poche, [...] denses au point de paraître inintelligibles, défi nitives comme si elles contenaient le dernier mot d'un oracle absolu s'exprimant en aphorismes sans appel. "
Philippe Forest (extrait de la préface)

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1930

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Paul Éluard

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Paul Éluard was the pen name of Eugène Émile Paul Grindel. French poet, a founder of Surrealism with Louis Aragon and André Breton among others, one of the important lyrical poets of the 20th century. Éluard rejected later Surrealism and joined the French Communist Party. Many of his works reflect the major events of the century, such as the World Wars, the Resistance against the Nazis, and the political and social ideals of the 20th-century.

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175 reviews12 followers
June 15, 2023
Like all automatic writing, brilliant and garbage in equal measure
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1,644 reviews27 followers
January 25, 2024
Like Marguerite Yourcenar's Fires, this is a work my sixteen year old self would have been obsessed with. And I can't fault it for that, even if it squeaks and pinches a bit, reading it as an adult. I had a very interesting time reading this. Definitely a highlight so far this year.
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253 reviews20 followers
November 20, 2022
"Δώσε στα όνειρα που ξέχασες την αξία των πραγμάτων που δεν γνωρίζεις".
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248 reviews15 followers
November 22, 2025
Προσφέρεται για ανάγνωση ξέφρενης νύχτας τη συνοδεία κονιάκ, τσιγάρου και παγκακίου υπό το θολωτό τίποτα της Κυψέλης.
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39 reviews2 followers
January 28, 2026
"I who am even inside my pigskin suitcase, I am not hungry, I am not scared: far too cowardly to be scared, too greedy to eat."

"Form your eyes by closing them."
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71 reviews12 followers
April 28, 2025
Un esperimento libero e matto in culo.

Vorrei rileggerlo in francese solo per apprezzare i giochi di parole e la componente musicale del testo.
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20 reviews2 followers
March 30, 2023
La verdad creí que me iba a gustar mucho únicamente porque Pizarnik hizo la traducción pero ahora veo que fue un pensamiento algo tonto.... No me gustó nadita:( pero rifada la Pizarnik con su traducción
Maybe el surrealismo no es lo mío y ya.
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835 reviews176 followers
November 3, 2015
Klassieker in zijn genre. Over dromen als duistere toegangspoort naar andere werelden, over verbeelding en waanzin, over liefde en dood. Beklemmend en bevrijdend, rauw en poëtisch.
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