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,” LevĂ© 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, LevĂ©’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.
Author: Edouard Leve
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 03/15/2012
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781564787071
Language: English
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