Philosopher-playwright Alain Jugnon’s a body, in spite introduces this prolific French author to an English-speaking readership. The aphorisms that comprise this slight philosophy for actors are an inventoried body with and without its defenses. With incisive humor, Jugnon casts his intellect into the many-organed world, to draw from its semantic recesses a sort of divine putrescence. This work, written for the stage, and received as a presage, reads like an autobiography of Nietzsche’s last laugh. This bilingual edition features an afterword by the translator.
| ISBN: | 9781937658755 |
| Publication date: | 4th January 2018 |
| Author: | Alain Jugnon, Nathanaël |
| Publisher: | Nightboat Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Creative writing and creative writing guides Theatre direction and production Literature: history and criticism |