GRACQ (Julien). - Lot 87

GRACQ (Julien). Literature to the stomach. Paris: José Corti, [1950]. - In-16, 161 x 109: 73 pp., (1 f. white), printed cover. Black half-maroquin with bradel, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding). Original edition of this essay by Julien Gracq first published in Empédocle, a review by Albert Camus. In it, the author denounces the different systems of modern promotion of literature and studies the public's attitude towards this literature and those who make it. The writing is clear and lively, and the text offers some fine formulas: "In short, a French writer enjoys two sometimes vastly different specifications in relation to the public: he has a situation and an audience - it will be made clear to all by saying that, for example, Mr Georges Duhamel has a situation and Mr Henri Michaux an audience" (p. 45). ONE OF THE 40 EXAMPLES NUMBERED ON LAFUMA PAPER, ONLY ON LARGE PAPER (No. 2). Copy in modern binding.