{"product_id":"de-gaulle-et-le-sexe","title":"De Gaulle et le sexe","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubtitled “Roman hypergraphique, polyauthomatique, cryptographique, infinitésimal, supertemporel”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this artist’s book by Maurice Lemaître is conceived as a fragmentary graphic novel made of magazines and newspaper cuts. Each copy is uniquely assembled, with variations in its textual and visual composition allowing the reader to encounter a different narrative with every copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his memorable introductory essay, Lemaître reveals the logic underlying the work’s intricate interplay of text and image, as well as the enigmatic narrative encoded in its constellation of symbols:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Their alignment would then become a novelistic cryptogram concerning the sentimental and sensual life of one of the most celebrated figures of our time, a particularly unprecedented theme in contemporary narrative, which this unique form of transcription alone made it possible to explore.” [loosely translated from French]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLemaître’s erotico-political work of fiction culminates in a long open-ended sequence that consists of empty pinkish pages, extending its cryptographic narrative into the realm of absence and readerly projection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54305227309395,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/DeGaulle_cover.png?v=1784039566","url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/products\/de-gaulle-et-le-sexe","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}