Pdf download autoportrait, by edouard leve, edouard lev, aedouard levae. Autoportrait by edouard leve, edouard lev, aedouard. Cover of the gallimardfolio edition of leves suicide, showing an untitled image from the series rugby. In this brilliant and sobering selfportrait, edouard leve hides nothing from his readers, setting out his entire life, more or less at random, in a string of declarative sentences. I have been locked in a cellar, my torso is longer than average, i think my big toe is doomed to disappear, etc. Autoportrait is a physical, psychological, sexual, political, and philosophical triumph.
This short book runs 117 pages, each sentence as random as the next, as the author, edouard leve, gives insight into his life. Edouard leve s free writing istatements are humourless, colourless, soundless, they exit on an inaudible sigh, they are intangible. Edouard leve january 1, 1965 october 15, 2007, paris was a french writer, artist and. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Edouard leves suicide and edouard leves suicide the millions. Lorin stein is former senior editor at farrar, straus, and giroux where he worked closely with many notable authors. Selfportraiture occupied the french photographer and novelist edouard leve throughout his career, but his third novel, autoportrait, remains his most thorough and sustained attempt in that direction. Edouard leves free writing istatements are humourless, colourless, soundless, they exit. Autoportrait fiction french edition edouard leve on. Everything i write is true, but so what edouard leves autoportrait. Leve traveled in the united states in 2002, writing autoportrait and taking the. Beyond sincerity, leve works toward an objectivity so radical it could pass for crudeness, triviality, even banality. Suicide is a short novel by edouard leve noted for its precise language and seemingly random. Reading autoportrait, i found myself thinking of it as a fiendishly.
The form is listlike, robotic and therefore it is easy to agree they are fact but the facts have already died, like cold stars that still throw their light. Download and read free online autoportrait by edouard leve, edouard lev, aedouard levae. In this brilliant and sobering selfportrait, edouard leve hides noth. What i found interesting about autoportrait is the authors self awareness.