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Cri Écrit
by COCTEAU, Jean
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About This Item
Montpellier, 1925. Limited Edition. 'Dieu fait le mal sans malice;
Avec des oiseaux tués
Et le ralenti des limaces
Il commence ma statue
Il répare les garnitures
De la mer, ses haies de houx,
Son système de granit,
Toujours mû par les mêmes roues.
Maintenant, stupides oiseaux,
Vous abandonnez la cage;
Oui, la cage des mes os.
Rage, rage, c'en est trop!
J'aurai la clef du prodige,
Je saurai où sont mesa mis,
De mourir aucun n'avait l'âge;
Mon Dieu où les avez-vous mis?'
-CRI ECRIT, JEAN COCTEAU
Translating to a 'written cry', the poem's title holds the poet's call to God, placing it before us on the page. 'I will know where my friends are', the poet speaks, demandingly. 'They were too young to die. God, where have you put them?'
A strong modern poem by Cocteau; printed with just four lines to a page, the wild, mad voice of the bereaved becomes louder.
With a frontispiece by Henri de La Jonquière.
Strictly limited to fifty copies on papier de Hollande numbered 1 through 50. This is example no. 32. Quarto, bound in the original paper wrappers as issued, 12 pages, some slight chipping and embrowning to wrappers, a very good copy. Scarce.
Avec des oiseaux tués
Et le ralenti des limaces
Il commence ma statue
Il répare les garnitures
De la mer, ses haies de houx,
Son système de granit,
Toujours mû par les mêmes roues.
Maintenant, stupides oiseaux,
Vous abandonnez la cage;
Oui, la cage des mes os.
Rage, rage, c'en est trop!
J'aurai la clef du prodige,
Je saurai où sont mesa mis,
De mourir aucun n'avait l'âge;
Mon Dieu où les avez-vous mis?'
-CRI ECRIT, JEAN COCTEAU
Translating to a 'written cry', the poem's title holds the poet's call to God, placing it before us on the page. 'I will know where my friends are', the poet speaks, demandingly. 'They were too young to die. God, where have you put them?'
A strong modern poem by Cocteau; printed with just four lines to a page, the wild, mad voice of the bereaved becomes louder.
With a frontispiece by Henri de La Jonquière.
Strictly limited to fifty copies on papier de Hollande numbered 1 through 50. This is example no. 32. Quarto, bound in the original paper wrappers as issued, 12 pages, some slight chipping and embrowning to wrappers, a very good copy. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Illustrated Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1726
- Title
- Cri Écrit
- Author
- COCTEAU, Jean
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Place of Publication
- Montpellier
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Jean Cocteau poetry private press art books Henri de La Jonquière birds grief loss anger Catholicism religion prayer Christianity art literature France 1920s
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press; Poetry; Birds; Art Deco;
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