Blue Library
9846 Il mondo deserto
Pierre Jean Jouve. Introduction by Jean Starobinski
1974 / 208 PAGES.
Language: Italian
The Desert World is a book filled with harsh emotional conflicts, with its characters all doomed to disappear except for Luc Pascal, who survived so as to ensure – through his verses – the prolongation of life in the world of words.
The novel’s story forms a long prelude to the entry into the world of poetry, in the face of death. Jouve’s imagination his characters’ passion carry a negating force that fiercely seeks to destroy all possession. Reaching the point of utmost desolation, obsessed by the imaginary face of disappearance and punished by a violent sense of guilt, Luc seeks a way out in poetic movement.