by Henry Bauchau · Actes Sud · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782742758401
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«L'Enfant bleu» is the novel by Henry Bauchau, published by Actes Sud in paperback (448 pages, in French).
In a day hospital in Paris, the psychoanalyst Véronique guides Orion, a severely disturbed adolescent, towards drawing and sculpture. In his «dictations of anguish», Orion learns to name what torments him. The novel follows his slow creative path and addresses madness, hope and compassion, with the fleeting «blue child» as its emblem.
The edition belongs to the Babel collection of Actes Sud and dates from February 2006.
For readers of contemporary French fiction interested in mental health, therapy and the power of artistic creation.
Henry Bauchau was a Belgian political activist and psychoanalyst who is best known as an author of poetry, novels, and plays in French language.
