Lord Patchogue

by Jacques Rigaut, Frédéric Malette (illustrator)

76 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2011

About the author

Jacques Rigaut was a French surrealist poet. Born in Paris, he was part of the Dadaist movement. His works frequently talked about suicide and he came to regard its successful completion as his occupation. In 1929 at the age of 30, as he had announced, Rigaut shot himself, using a ruler to be sure the bullet would pass through his heart.

He is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre.
His suicide inspired the book Le Feu Follet by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. The movie The Fire Within (1963) directed by Louis Malle is based on this book.

Reviews

[Laura Janeiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

J'ai découvert ce livre en lisant Le Tain de China Miéville, et ce fut un excellent ajout à ma lecture de ce nouvelle, me permettant de m'immerger simultanément dans des parties des mondes de Miéville, Rigaut et aussi Lewis Carroll. Un plaisir

Cela m’a donné un aperçu d’un monde de surréalisme pur. La réalité commune est une réalité alternative. Le monde vu d'un autre côté de la réalité, et avec le courage ou la folie de s'exprimer librement.
Je me demande si les surréalistes avaient un inconscient, car tout semble coexister sans zones d’ombre.