Philippe Jaccottet

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ObscurityPaperback, 1 September 2022

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Part of Series
The Seagull Library of French Literature
Print Length
132 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Seagull Books
Date Published
1 Sep 2022
ISBN-10
1803090553
ISBN-13
9781803090559

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The story of an intense encounter between two men who were once very close and now must grapple with the fractured ideals that separate them.

After several years abroad, a young man returns to his hometown to seek the man he calls master. This master, a brilliant philosopher, had made the young man into a disciple before sending him out into the world to put his teachings into practice. Returning three years later, the disciple finds his master has abandoned his wife and child and moved into a squalid one-room flat, cutting himself off completely from his former life. Disillusioned and reeling from the discovery, the young man spends an entire night listening to his master's bitter denunciation of the ideals they once shared. Written in 1960 during Jaccottet's period of poetic paralysis, the novel seeks to harmonize the best and worst of human nature--reconciling despair, falsehood, and lethargy of spirit with the need to remain open to beauty, truth, and the essential goodness of humankind. Translated by Tess Lewis, Obscurity is Jaccottet's only work of fiction, one that will introduce new readers to the multifaceted skills of this major poet.

Product Details

Author:
Philippe Jaccottet
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 September 2022
Dimensions:
20.07 x 12.7 x 1.02 cm
ISBN-10:
1803090553
ISBN-13:
9781803090559
Language:
English
Pages:
132
Publisher:
Weight:
158.76 gm

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