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Paris: Gallimard, 1955. Fine. Gallimard, Paris 1955, 12x19cm, broché. - Édition originale, un des 25 exemplaires numérotés sur pur fil, seuls grands papiers. Après des romans d'une facture plus classique, Le Square « montre son désir de créer, une pratique exploratrice de la sensualité et de la langue, en révélant le talent de l'auteure. La romancière adopte certaines positions du Nouveau Roman, selon lesquelles la langue occupe une place primordiale. La constante de son esthétique est la volonté d'expérimenter pour trouver une manière meilleure d'ex- primer ce qu'elle ressent, une compulsion à dire continue dans toute l'uvre. L'expérimentation explique l'évolution de la technique jusqu'à l'excellence des chefs-d'uvre (Moderato Cantabile, Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein, Le Vice-consul, L'India Song, L'Amant, Écrire) où elle s'efforcera de modifier les composantes de ses textes, par un processus d'éliminations et d'améliorations, afin d'aboutir à communiquer le thème majeur de sa création : la passion. » (Anna Ledwina, L'Écriture durassienne : mise en scène de l'ellipse et de l'innommable) Rare et bel exemplaire de ce roman-dialogue qui connaîtra une adaptation au théâtre l'année suivant sa parution. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Le square [The Square], Gallimard, Paris 1955, 12x19cm, original soft cover. First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers). ""[...] Le Square (1955) [...] shows her desire to create, an exploratory practice of sensuality and language, revealing the author's talent. The novelist adopts certain positions of the Nouveau Roman, whereby language plays an important role. The constant in her aesthetic is a willingness to experiment to find a better way of expressing what she feels, a compulsion to verbalize that runs throughout her work. Experimentation explains the evolution of her technique up to the excellence of her masterpieces (Moderato cantabile, Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein [The Ravishing of Lol Stein], Le Vice-consul [The Vice-Consul], India Song, L'Amant [The Lover], Écrire [Writing]), where she endeavors to modify the components of her texts, through a process of elimination and improvement, to communicate the major theme of her works: passion"". (Anna Ledwina, L'écriture durassienne: mise en scène de l'ellipse et de l'innommable) A rare and beautiful copy of this novel-dialogue, adapted for the stage a year after publication.
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- Title
- Le square
- Author
- DURAS Marguerite
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Gallimard
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1955
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