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ALWAYS THE MANY, NEVER THE ONE IBD

CONTRA MUNDUM PRESS
10 / 2022
9781940625584
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Sinopsis

With a starting point on July 14, 2021, when the Centre national de littérature hosted Pierre JorisâÇÖ 75th birthday celebration,áAlways the Many, Never the Oneábuilds upon the initial interview by Florent Toniello that took place that day to go deeper into a major Luxembourg-American poetâÇÖs reflections on literature, philosophy, and life. Throughout this book Joris develops a core concept of his thinking and writing, 'in-betweenness,' using both literary examples and life anecdotes, some never shared in JorisâÇÖs vast bibliography so far.ááThe form is representative of the 'in-between' concept: while it comprises the initial oral interview at the CNL plus seven subsequent interviews conducted virtually, the whole text was reworked in order to complete the thoughts and add necessary or relevant references, thus transforming it also into a literary essay, but the interview-tone remains, making for lively and stimulating reading. Beyond discussing the 'in-betweenness' concept, Joris shares his views on a range of subjects related to poetry, translation, music and the arts while linking his work to the theoretical thinking and craft of leading past and present philosophers and writers/poets, in a dazzling literary world tour-de-force.áTo complement this first (and major) part of the book, two 'bonuses' follow: a reprint of the interview Joris gave for a recent book by Florent Toniello,áMélusine au gasoilá(in line with Contra MundumâÇÖs multilingual ethos, this is provided in the original French version), and the speech Joris gave at the award ceremony for the Batty Weber prize, to also make this talk-essay available to a wider audience.

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