Review (PDF) Hypnos (The French List)
Hailed by the poet Paul Eluard as an "absolute masterpiece" upon its first appearance in 1946, René Char’s Hypnos is both a remarkable work of literature and a document of unique significance in the history of the French Resistance. Based on a journal Char kept during his time in the Maquis, it ranges in style from abrupt and sometimes enigmatic reflections, in which the poet seeks to establish compass bearings in the darkness of Occupied France, to narrative descriptions that throw into vivid relief the dramatic and often tragic nature of the issues he had to confront as the head of his Resistance network. A tribute to the individual men and women who fought at his side, this volume is also a meditation on the white magic of poetry and a celebration of the power of beauty to combat terror and transform our lives. Translated into German by Paul Celan and into Italian by Vittorio Sereni, the book has never been carried over into English with the attention to style and detail that it deserves. Published in full here for the first time, this long-awaited new translation does justice at last to the incandescence and pathos of the original French.
Series: The French List
Hardcover: 72 pages
Publisher: Seagull Books (September 15, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0857422170
ISBN-13: 978-0857422170
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
Best Sellers Rank: #844,298 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #132 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Regional & Cultural > European > French #828 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > European > French
The most unusual war memoir yet. Fragmented, oblique, and powerful, this journal retains Char's integrity as a poet--his commitment to the aleatory, the surreal, and the symbolic--and yet conveys the immediacy of guerrilla warfare, the danger and thrill and glory of it all. I don't know of anything else like this book. It may not be for all readers--it is neither a history nor a conventional memoir--but it brings language, in all its raw power, to bear on the unbearable, and in the fewest words possible conveys what whole chapters of conventional history struggle to portray.
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