Softcover
2015 · Paris
by du Toit, Catherine and Xavier Rockenstrocly
Paris: Editions de L'Herne, 2015. Softcover. Fine; paper band torn at front edge.. White card wraps with bw portrait and orange/turquoise lettering. Orange paper band with white lettering. 323 pp. with occasional bw images. Text in French. Summary: Henri Pierre Roché is often it is associated with the name of another: Albert Roussel (Chinese Poetry), Francois Truffaut (Jules and Jim, Two English Girls) or Marcel Duchamp, Constantin Brancusi, Gertrude Stein, Marie Laurencin ... The silence around Henri Pierre Roché is unspeakable because it doesn't do justice to his work and his personality. And also, because the heart of the artistic creation of the first half of the twentieth century, it sheds a very particular way the cultural history of the time. His written work: François Truffaut saved a part of this work from oblivion. But paradoxically, his films have also stifled the work of Roche, it is time to recognize the true value. Jules and Jim and Two English Girls are surprisingly modern not only the themes but especially by the way they are: an extremely tense style, the confrontation of points of view, the use of abundant autobiographical material, and alongside these famous works, several edited and then forgotten texts. The work we present, therefore, seeks to reflect the multifaceted character of this unconventional man, whose work must know the light. - paraphrased from the publisher's description.
(Inventory #: 153189)