Le poète assassiné

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Le poète assassiné

by Guillaume Apollinaire

FR·~4 hours·17 chapters

Chapters

17 total
1

LE POÈTE ASSASSINÉ - GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE - PARIS VIe - L'ÉDITION - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES CURIEUX - 4, RUE DE FURSTENBERG, 4 - MCMXVI

0:13
2

Le Poète assassiné

2:18:16
3

Le Roi-Lune

32:23
4

GIOVANNI MORONI

19:28
5

LA FAVORITE

7:05
6

LE DÉPART DE L'OMBRE

7:50
7

LA FIANCÉE POSTHUME

8:09
8

L'ŒIL BLEU

5:52
9

L'INFIRME DIVINISÉ

5:10
10

SAINTE ADORATA

7:09

Description

In a wildly inventive universe that treats myth as a marketplace of nicknames, a legendary hero known far beyond borders is reinvented in countless tongues—each version a playful riff on his supposed virility. The narrator meanders through these linguistic mutations, commenting with dry wit on how cultures reshape the same figure, turning a grandiose saga into a perpetual joke about translation and perception.

Amid this far‑circular backdrop, a wandering Walloon musician named Viersélin Tigoboth encounters the enigmatic Macarée on a twisted, tree‑lined road near Spa. Their exchange crackles with nonsensical poetry, flirtatious riddles, and vivid, almost tactile imagery that blurs the line between carnal desire and absurd theatre. Their sudden, passionate bond hints at a road‑trip romance that will tumble into unexpected consequences, all while the narrative’s tone remains delightfully irreverent and richly lyrical.

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Language

fr

Duration

~4 hours (265K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues & Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature Images generously made available by the Biblioteka Narodowa, Poland)

Release date

2018-02-26

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire

1880–1918

A restless force in early modern literature, he helped push poetry into bold new shapes while moving easily among the painters and writers of the Paris avant-garde. His work is especially remembered for its energy, invention, and the visual experiments of his calligrams.

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