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BRETON (André). LAS to André Pieyre de Mandiargues,...

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BRETON (André). LAS to André Pieyre de Mandiargues, "Saint Cirq August 23, 1962". 1 page and a quarter in folio, with envelope. "For want of other attractive possibilities, what occupies us here is always the quest for those gleams we love in the stones. It's surprising that this river carries so many of them, in so many different guises, whereas according to our most expert and far-sighted friends, the Garonne, the Dordogne and the Tarn offer nothing of the sort. (...) Have you read the novel translated from Polish - I can't find the author's name - entitled La Pornographie*? and published by Lettres Nouvelles? I think you'll like it just as much as I did. I also savored Kubin's L'autre côté. " *Pornografia, by Witold Gombrowicz. Expert: Ségolène Beauchamp