by Jean Cocteau · Editorial Cabaret Voltaire · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788419047601
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In this masterpiece, published in 1923, Jean Cocteau shows us, through Thomas, his own experience in Paris during the First World War. When it was published, it was labeled scandalous by a society for which the war was a sacred matter that should remain outside any ironic or critical gaze. Cocteau disguises himself and, through the imposture of his character, creates a reality different from the one he had to live. The story offers a series of events as unreal as they are surprising in which Thomas, a sixteen-year-old boy endowed with a special personality, has no choice but to play, provoking an irresistible trust and attraction in the characters around him.
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".
