Autoportrait - Couverture souple

Leve, Edouard; Lev, Edouard; Levae, Aedouard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1564787079 ISBN 13 : 9781564787071

Editeur : Dalkey Archive Press, 2012

Synopsis

In this brilliant and sobering self-portrait, Édouard Levéeacute; hides nothing from his readers, setting out his entire life, more or less at random, in a string of declarative sentences.

Autoportrait is a physical, psychological, sexual, political, and philosophical triumph. Beyond "sincerity," Levé works toward an objectivity so radical it could pass for crudeness, triviality, even banality: the author has stripped himself bare. With the force of a set of maxims or morals, Levé's prose seems at first to be an autobiography without sentiment, as though written by a machine-until, through the accumulation of detail, and the author's dry, quizzical tone, we find ourselves disarmed, enthralled, and enraptured by nothing less than the perfect fiction... made entirely of facts. Shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award in 2013.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edouard Leve was born on January 1, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. A writer, photographer, and visual artist, Leve was the author of four books of writing-"Oeuvres", "Journal", "Autoportrait", and "Suicide"-and three books of photographs. "Suicide", published in 2008, was his final book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dalkey Archive Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1564787079
• ISBN 13: 9781564787071
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Éditeur: Lev? Edouard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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