Aerea in the Forests of Manhattan

At forty, Adam, an intellectual and writer "who comes from the other side of the ocean," and who is steeped in the belief that he is the last of his line, finds himself--dreams himself--in America. The promised land's gift to him is Aerea, youthful, radiant, an enchantress, essentially unattainable: their adventure is short-lived. Words, she tells Adam, are the obstacle that stands in the way. And scarcely has Aerea appeared in his life than she has walked out of it.

Literature & Fiction

Hocquard, Emmanuel

Literary

Marlboro Press

Poetry. Translated from the French by Ray Di Palma and Juliette Valéry. "Emmanuel Hocquard, whether in fiction (Aerea in the Forests of Manhattan) or poetry (Theory of Tables), has always shied from the notion that what one says must really say something else and writes 'directly from the circumstance.' The elegance and authority of his work comes from a perfect union of perception and grammar."—Keith Waldrop

Codicil & Plan for Pond 4

Contemporary

The Post-Apollo Press

Poetry. Translated from the French by Cole Swensen and Rod Smith. This is a narrative that tries to explain and to crystallize (the fourth state of water) a situation that has not yet been clarified. Under the guise of memory's particular logic, its play of facets turns to fiction because its sense takes shape only as the series of grammatical phrases unfolds, fusing shadows and blind spots. And yet, like glass, which is a liquid, the poem is amorphous. It streams off in all directions, but reflects nothing. What is the meaning of blue? No one needs to interrogate the concept of blue to know what it means.

The Invention of Glass

Poetry

Canarium Books

Theory of Tables

O Blek Editions

Poetry. Translated from the French by Rosmarie Waldrop. "Emmulating Wittgenstein, who repaired to an isolated cabin in Norway to write and reflect, Hocquard takes up his own test of solitude on a farm not far from Bordeaux. What he writes there are unconventional sonnets that arrive at their stipulated line-count by an ingenious variety of means. They record with deceptive simplicity daily accounts and experiences. At the same time, an inquiry is being conducted, a test of solitude that is also a test of poetry"—Steve Evans.

A Test of Solitude

Burning Deck

Le cours de Pise

Essays & Correspondence

Théorie des Tables

Un test de solitude

L'Invention du verre

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