GRACQ, Julien.
La Littérature à l'estomac. Paris, José Corti, 1950.
In-16 [164 x 110] of 73 pp, (1) blank page : paperback.
First edition.
A famous pamphlet in which Gracq stigmatizes the excesses of literary mores, denouncing in particular the system of literary prizes and the politicization of the "Republic of Letters".
Beautiful autograph letter:
To Jean Louis Barrault // - recalcitrant star - // who knows how to refuse when // it is necessary to play the game // with friendship // Julien Gracq
Jean-Louis Barrault asked Julien Gracq in 1953 to translate Kleist's drama Penthelezia, at a time when the author of The Fisher King, his only play, had given up writing for the theater.
