In the fire of desire itself

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Illlustrated Albums

André Velter

Actes Sud

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19.60 x 25.50 cm
144 pages

The poems in this book, attributed to a certain Guillaume de La Mercie, appear as libertine variations, immediately claimed by four poets in search of new sensations, and who are more than just names. Nothing here resembles an artifice, the challenge being to intensely render the diverse, carnal and hazardous games of love.
As for the freehand sketches, the sensual and ardent evocations, the most vivid gestures that accompany this edition, they are obviously part of a different adventure. They have followed one another over several decades in Ernest Pignon-Ernest’s personal notebooks, or on loose sheets of paper that have suddenly reappeared, and they are there, not to illustrate, but to exalt, infringe, and decline voluptuousness.
If these texts and images are qualified as erotic, it is with good reason, since they intend to celebrate the most profane of pleasures, the one that can be both divine and demonic.

André Velter

Poet, essayist, radio broadcaster and traveller, André Velter brings together poems from around the world. He directed the "Poésie/Gallimard" collection from 1998 to 2017 and has received numerous literary prizes, including the Mallarmé in 1990 and the Goncourt-Poésie in 1996 for his poetic work. He has published numerous books, including L'Arbre-Seul (Gallimard, 1990, 2001), La Vie en dansant (Gallimard, 2000), Tant de soleils dans le sang (Alphabet de l'espace, 2008), Avec un peu plus de ciel (Gallimard, 2012), Jusqu'au bout de la route (Gallimard, 2014). He has collaborated with Ernest Pignon-Ernest on Tao du Toreo (Actes Sud, 2014), Dans la lumière déchirante de la mer (Actes Sud, 2015) and Sur un nuage de terre ferme (Actes Sud, 2020).
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