by Pierre Michon · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433970961
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In this book by Pierre Michon, two works are intertwined: 'Cuerpos del rey' and 'Tres autores'. The title of the book arises from the contemplation of a photo of Samuel Beckett, where Michon recovers the medieval division between the two bodies of the king: the imperishable body of the monarchy and the perishable body of man. This is reflected in his analyses of Gustave Flaubert and William Faulkner, as well as in references to François Villon and Victor Hugo. In addition, 'Tres autores' is included, featuring Faulkner, Balzac, and Cingria. Michon explores the emotion that arises from the reader's pleasure and how this emotion manifests itself in writing and the joy of literary creation. Through his pen, the authors are transformed into figures both minuscule and capital, exploring the duality between the mortal and the archetypal.
Pierre Michon is a French writer. His first novel, Small Lives (1984), is widely regarded as a genuine masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He has won several prizes for Small Lives and for The Origin of the World (1996) as well as for his body of work. His novels and stories have been translated into German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Serbian, Czech, Norwegian, Estonian, Japanese and English. He won the 2017 International Nonino Prize in Italy.With an oeuvre consisting of a stunning confessional novel—Vies minuscules (1984)—and a series of Plutarch-like "lives" devoted to famous artists and poets, Michon commands respect as a sensitive author and gifted stylist who seeks to comprehend how we can make sense out of the irrepressible impulses and unavoidable failures that fill our lives. Whether he is charting the misfortunes of the lowly, portraying his own difficult rise from rural poverty and a broken family to the completion of his first book, or plunging into the destinies of Watteau, Goya, Rimbaud, or Van Gogh, Michon poignantly captures the essence of the compelling courses our lives take.
