The Shape Of A City

Julien Gracq

The most original book of Julien Gracq's later output is about Nantes. It begins with a quotation from Baudelaire that Gracq repeats and distorts: "The shape of a city, as we all know, changes more quickly than the mortal heart."

Gracq's later work, set provocatively in verifiable land- and cityscapes, seems profoundly challenged by Proust's synthesis of realism, reverie, and remembrance.

4 x 7 1/2, 212 pages, Paperback, $16.95, ISBN 1-885986-39-6

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About the Author

Julien Gracq, born in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, where he lives today, is France’s preeminent living writer. His work includes essays, criticism, fiction and journalism. This retiring and misunderstood figure refused the Goncourt Prize when it was awarded him in 1951.

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