“How beautiful this morning, the harvest beginning! Barely taken, the gray and pink road | between rows of shining pear trees is peopled with mowers. One sings, the other whistles, his deep | bare chest traversed by the shadow of the scythe. They pass with laughter and my farewell in this | bush of golden men sends out their sonorous salutes like a flock of birds. »-Gustave Roud
The work of Gustave Roud (1897-1976), poet, translator, critic and photographer, long remained in the shadows, is brought up to date by Zoe editions, in a critical edition of his Complete Works in four volumes enriched with a selection of photographs.
The opportunity to discover the attachment of a poet to his land, his passion for the peasants, and the rhythm of a work punctuated by great crossings of the native country. The opportunity, also, to immerse oneself in a language ” soft, harmonious, fluid, which does not like the clash, not the clash of words — a bewitching language (Claire Jaquier).
Guest :
- Claire Jacques, professor emeritus at the University of Neuchâtel. She co-edited the critical edition of Complete Works by Gustave Roud (Zoé, 2022).
