In the same vein as *Soir de bataille*, this short poem tells the story of a young boy who is about to be shot—probably for lacking the zeal to slaughter the enemy, or for leaving the trench only to be mowed down by machine-gun fire…
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Le A hoisting song. This type of work song served very specific purposes: coordinating collective efforts during maneuvers—such as raising an anchor (hauling it in with the windlass) or hoisting or furling a sail. They also boosted the morale of the crew, who performed a difficult and dangerous job, and served as a collective memory. A…
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Le Paris, Libre Arbitre, 116 pages. Preface by Gilles Perrault. A Protestant Baptist, Pastor Doucé founded the Center of Christ Liberator (CCL) in Paris in 1976, a space for welcoming and speaking out for believers in sexual and gender minorities. After the mysterious disappearance of the pastor in July 1990, Françoise participated with Gilles Perrault in…
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Le Moscou, Éditions scolaires d’État, 1963. Russian version of The Space Submarine, republished by Prosvechtchenie in 1973, 70 pages. This edition is attributed to “Françoise d’Obonne” and the title is in (approximate) French “Voyage en cosmos”.
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Le A poem by Lacenaire from the early 19th century—that is, between 1820 and 1836, before he was guillotined.
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Le Paris, le Livre contemporain. Of Françoise, Mac Orlan said : “Her style is so colorful that you have to read her books with sunglasses”. What would he have said of Les Bergères de l’Apocalypse prefigured by this book? Because it is indeed about a fight of women, arms in hand: a troop of poor immigrant…
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Le Genève, éditions Minerva,110 pages Adel Negro’s partial English translation (or inspired work) of Balzac que voici. Note: Awaiting annotation.