De la paille et du grain
Jean Paulhan“How certain absurd, but common, way of pronouncing English words; the extreme resemblance of language and literature to a masked ball (rather than a school or a prison); certain excesses of reflection concerning the next world war; excessive consumption of foreign languages; the benefits and pitfalls of family gatherings, after-dinner chatter, some of the flaws of contract bridge; the unfortunate tendency of some contemporary writers to transform themselves into additional police officers, with the various errors, lies and falsehoods which ensue, finally lead the reader (and the author) to adopt a certain idea of the homeland – which happens to be precisely the one that our contemporaries are seeking, somewhat wrongly, (both those who agree not to believe in the homeland and those who pretend to believe in it); that is the whole subject of this little book, the title of which simply means that we must not separate (despite what the newspapers sometimes say) the straw of words from the grain of things.
Jean Paulhan.
Editeur : Gallimard
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