André Gide & Jean Paulhan, 1918-1951
André GideJean PaulhanCorrespondence André Gide & Jean Paulhan, 1918-1951
“The letters collected here were exchanged between André Gide and Jean Paulhan, and span from February 1918 to December 1950. They are strangely similar in their tone, both free and cautious. We have the feeling that everyone measures what is said, but always says what they think they should say. In thirty-three years, it was a matter of deciding what would or would not appear in La Nouvelle Revue Française. We do not perceive a shadow of conflict, but in each of the two interlocutors a certain respect for the opinion of the other. [...] The book here will allow the curious reader equipped with the text finally obtained to turn, for his own account, around two singular portraits, involuntarily drawn, rigorous and fascinating, that of a famous writer established in his celebrity, André Gide, and that of a writer still masked, Jean Paulhan, who gives to others a constant attention and incredible acuity, who advances, retreats, reflects, and concludes without hesitation. This is done quietly, with brief notes in a few lines, and continues, punctuated by rare silences, despite censorship and wars.
Double portrait of each one by oneself, which moves and will not fade away.”
Dominique Aury.
Resources
André Gide-Jean Paulhan: A patron, patron et demi
Publisher : Gallimard