Fibrils
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ISBN13: 9780300212396
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The third volume of Michel Leiris's renowned autobiography, now available in English for the first time in a brilliant translation by Lydia Davis
A beloved and versatile author and ethnographer, French intellectual Michel Leiris is often ranked in the company of Proust, Gide, Sartre, and Camus, yet his work remains largely unfamiliar to English-language readers. This brilliant translation of Fibrils (first published as Fibrilles in 1966), the third volume of Leiris's memoir The Rules of the Game, invites us to discover why Lévi-Strauss proclaimed Leiris "incontestably one of the greatest writers of the century."
Leiris's monumental autobiography, a thirty-five-year project, is a primary document of the examined life in the twentieth century. In Fibrils, Leiris reconciles literary commitment with social/political engagement. He recounts extensive travel and anthropological work, including a 1955 visit to Mao's China, along with the mundane: his walk to work, his visits to spas and galleries, his goals as a writer. He also details his suicidal "descent into Hell," when the guilt over an extramarital affair becomes unbearable and he overdoses on barbiturates. A ruthless self-examiner, Leiris seeks to invent a new way of remembering, probe the mechanisms of memory, and explore the way a life can be told.
A beloved and versatile author and ethnographer, French intellectual Michel Leiris is often ranked in the company of Proust, Gide, Sartre, and Camus, yet his work remains largely unfamiliar to English-language readers. This brilliant translation of Fibrils (first published as Fibrilles in 1966), the third volume of Leiris's memoir The Rules of the Game, invites us to discover why Lévi-Strauss proclaimed Leiris "incontestably one of the greatest writers of the century."
Leiris's monumental autobiography, a thirty-five-year project, is a primary document of the examined life in the twentieth century. In Fibrils, Leiris reconciles literary commitment with social/political engagement. He recounts extensive travel and anthropological work, including a 1955 visit to Mao's China, along with the mundane: his walk to work, his visits to spas and galleries, his goals as a writer. He also details his suicidal "descent into Hell," when the guilt over an extramarital affair becomes unbearable and he overdoses on barbiturates. A ruthless self-examiner, Leiris seeks to invent a new way of remembering, probe the mechanisms of memory, and explore the way a life can be told.
| ISBN-13 | 9780300212396 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0300212399 |
| Weight | 1.14 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.94 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $30.00 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 256 pages |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Published On | 2017-03-28 |
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