by Jean Cocteau · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253062714
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«La Difficulté d'être» is Jean Cocteau's book of memoirs and reflections, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback format (187 pages).
The book brings together confessions, anecdotes and reflections by Jean Cocteau on ordinary life, art and creation. It blends personal testimony and observations on his era with a tone that is at once serious and light; the author explains that he has avoided linear writing to force the reader to read slowly and to reread the sentences.
The work was originally published in 1947; this Le Livre de Poche edition belongs to the biblio collection and retains the text in French.
For readers of French literature and artists' memoirs who want to discover Jean Cocteau's personal vision of art and creation.
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th century and highly influential on the Surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. The National Observer suggested that "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man".
