Stroke by Stroke
“Michaux is the poet laureate of our insomnia.”—Anatole Broyard, The New York Times Book Review\ “Michaux travels via his languages: lines, words, colors, silences, rhythms. And he does not hesitate to break the back of a word…. In order to arrive: where? At that nowhere that is here, there, and everywhere.”—Octavio Paz\ A pairing of two of Henri Michaux’s most contemplative texts—Stroke by Stroke (Par des traits, 1984) and Grasp (Saisir, 1979)—written toward the end of his life. The author’s...
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An exploration of the terrain between word and image, the sacred and the earthly, thought and passion.New York Times Book ReviewMichaux is the poet laureate of our insomnia.
\ New York Times Book ReviewMichaux is the poet laureate of our insomnia.\ \
