Prosa Dispersa

A mosaic of literary vignettes transports listeners to a Parisian hotel room in the late 1800s, where poets, critics and restless young writers gather over grog and verses. Maurice Duplessis, a champion of the Roman school, trades barbed wit with the incisive critic Kreutzberger, while the flamboyant Alejandro Sawa slips in, his presence stirring the conversation. The prose glimmers with bilingual flourishes, slipping between Spanish, French and the rhythm of poetry itself.

At the heart of the dialogue stands Charles Morice, a figure both revered and weary, whose portrait is rendered in striking, almost theatrical detail. He argues passionately for the youth’s claim to the academic chair of Leconte de L’Isle, challenging the notion that literary greatness is a bureaucratic appointment. His reflections on the nature of art—where true expression transcends titles and functions—echo the Symbolist ideals that shaped his generation.

The collection unfolds as a lively, lyrical portrait of an era where ideas clash as vividly as swords, inviting listeners to hear the cadence of debates that still resonate in today’s artistic conversations.