Set of 19 autograph letters signed to Roger Nimier.
La Frette-sur-Seine, February 1957-November 1959.
33 p. out of 21 ff. in-4 to in-12 (various dimensions).
Set of 19 autograph letters signed from Jacques Chardonne to Roger
Nimier.
- The authors: "There are writers who keep, others do not. They must be taken at the right moment; like pears. "Paul Morand: "
I have often said: Morand's letters to Chardonne will form a series of marvellous volumes (the best of Morand's), with no analogues in the past [...] an original tone; dazzling touch. "His own correspondence: "
My letters will be published by the French Communist State, in 30 volumes, in order to educate the masses about the primitive mentality. "Gaston Gallimard: "A curious character, the least made for publishing (hating commerce, and loving only women and a few authors).
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- His readings: "I read the Devil in love with Cazotte. It is a short story that Apollinaire, with good reason, placed very high; it is how he would have liked to write.
At the end of the 18th century a certain prose, an art of storytelling reached its perfection. Voltaire,
Stendhal, France, it is the same prose; rather fallen today. "Apollinaire: "
At Caracalla's, I found a volume of verses by Apollinaire (not
Alcohol) which reconciled me a little with him. "Mauriac: "
Mauriac's novels are dry poop. "
Discharges, some marginal tears (sometimes damage to the text), stains.
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