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L'Amour absolu

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Après le succès d'Ubu roi, Alfred Jarry se tient délibérément en marge, refusant célébrité et reconnaissance littéraire. Il change radicalement de style et compose L'Amour absolu (1899). Vaste poème d'un condamné à mort dans l'attente de sa dernière heure avant la guillotine, il se développe comme une effraction fabuleuse dans le sommeil et le rêve, et convoque des souvenirs de l'enfance.
L'Amour absolu parle de choses très simples en les dissimulant sous une apparence complexe, par pudeur et par jeu. Par la beauté de ses images fulgurantes, même si les formes symbolistes sont encore prégnantes, il annonce déjà le surréalisme.

96 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1899

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Alfred Jarry

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Alfred Jarry was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side.
Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theatre of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays and speculative journalism. His texts present some pioneering work in the field of absurdist literature. Sometimes grotesque or misunderstood (i.e. the opening line in his play Ubu Roi, "Merdre!", has been translated into English as "Pshit!", "Shitteth!", "Shittr!", "Shikt!", "Shrit!" and "Pschitt!"), he invented a pseudoscience called 'Pataphysics.

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580 reviews83 followers
February 8, 2013
Piccolo libro di lettura veloce ma non facile: sorta di autobiografia dell'infanzia e dell'adolescenza dell'autore, delle sue prime esperienze amorose, trasfigurate come vita di cristo.
Lo stile di scrittura è quello che con Jarry prefigura il surrealismo. Frasi brevi, analogie e citazioni richiedono una particolare concentrazione di lettura, e non sempre si riesce a seguire il corso dei pensieri dell'autore. Sicuramente più impegnativo del ben più noto Ubu Roi.
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October 7, 2023
Una prosa che ha un che di squisito, ricercato e psichedelico. Una metaforica profondità che associata alla brevità dona una sensazione da "vestito della domenica"; la forma non si confina in una pomposità ingiustificata, anzi ne diventa un vezzo, una caratteristica pregiata. Un'opera da cui si possono imparare nuove definizioni e nuovi modi di guardare, con un entusiasmo simile a quello dei bambini.
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36 reviews8 followers
February 28, 2019
Ho trovato che l'autore, o il traduttore, volesse mettere in difficoltà il lettore ad ogni costo, risultando spesso molto forzato.
Comunque un esperimento interessante.
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66 reviews5 followers
January 3, 2023
Organ nezavisan po prostoru već nekoliko hiljada godina, JAJNIK
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September 1, 2022
Talmente assurdo e spiazzante da risultare infinitamente attraente.
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December 17, 2024
I read this as a 16 year old and didn't understand anything, it was as if an out of shape guy went on a marathon. Still, searching for the references of mythology and The Bible was an important landmark of my intellectual journey. I might read it again, or anything by the beautifully eccentric Jarry.
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May 27, 2022
Un livre d'une incommensurable et immense profondeur, complexité dans la brièveté et beauté dans les mots.

A book of immeasurable and immense depth, complexity in brevity and beauty in words.
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