The Rules of the Game: Scratches

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"For me his work is not only a document that enriches our knowledge of man, but also a personal testament that touches me deeply."--Francis BaconScratches is the first volume in Michel Leiris's monumental four-volume autobiography, Rules of the Game. In this volume, the celebrated French writer examines his inventory of memories, explores the language of his childhood, weaves anecdotes from his private life with his old and recent ideas. In the end, he so mercilessly scrutinizes what was familiar that its familiarity drops away and it blossoms

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"For me his work is not only a document that enriches our knowledge of man, but also a personal testament that touches me deeply."--Francis BaconScratches is the first volume in Michel Leiris's monumental four-volume autobiography, Rules of the Game. In this volume, the celebrated French writer examines his inventory of memories, explores the language of his childhood, weaves anecdotes from his private life with his old and recent ideas. In the end, he so mercilessly scrutinizes what was familiar that its familiarity drops away and it blossoms into something exotic.

As Leiris recollects his childhood, his father's recording machine becomes a miraculous object and the letters of the alphabet--from A (or the double ladder of a house painter) to I (a soldier standing at attention) to X (the cross one makes on something whose secret one will never penetrate)--come magically to life. Also here are evocations of Paris under the occupation, his journey to Africa, and meditations on his fear of death, which he tried to exorcise through his autobiographical writings.

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Library Journal
Eminent anthropologist, poet, essayist, art critic, and curator of the Muse de l'Homme in Paris, Leiris (1901-1990) is among this century's most versatile French intellectuals. His monumental four-volume autobiography, Rules of the Game (La Regle du jeu, French & European Pub., 1991), which took 35 years to complete, reflects that rich background. Scraps is the second installment, following Scratches (1991). Ethnological topics that relate to the author's obsessions permeate the three chapters of this volume. In Scraps, it seems he undertook his study of others parallel to studying himself. Whether rendering his souvenirs of interesting people and events in Algeria or the West Indies, Leiris's work is a true exploration and critique of the human condition, with a significant surrealist twist. Davis's fine translation reveals an intimate, honest, and, at times, self-condemnatory work that often reads like a novel. Recommended for academic libraries and comprehensive literary collections.Ali Houissa, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780801854859
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publication date: 4/1/1997
  • Series: Rules of the Game Series
  • Pages: 272
  • Product dimensions: 6.23 (w) x 9.19 (h) x 0.88 (d)

Meet the Author

Eminent poet, essayist, anthropologist, art critic, and author of over twenty books, Michel Leiris (1901-90) is one of the most important French writers of the twentieth century. He deeply influenced Levi-Strauss and Foucault, and was a member of the celebrated group that included Bataille, Jacob, Picasso, de Beauvoir, Gris, Césaire, and Miró. Biffures [Scratches], volume 1 of his four-part autobiography, was first published in 1948. Fourbis [Scraps], volume 2, first appeared in 1955 and the first English translation of it, also by Lydia Davis, is available from Johns Hopkins. English translations of the remaining two volumes will also be published by Johns Hopkins. Lydia Davis has translated more than 25 books, including works by Sartre, Maurice Blanchot, Michel Butor, and Georges Simenon. Recipient of Ingram Merrill Foundation and NEA fellowships, and a Whiting Writers Award, she is the author of a short story collection, Break It Down, and a novel, The End of the Story.

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