ULYSSE VOLUME 1 & 2 French Editions

Decades of school reading have accustomed us to a valiant, astute Ulysses who is always able to keep the situation under control. Jacques Lob and Georges Pichard's Ulysse, made between 1968 and 1974, on the other hand, carries within itself the fervent confusion and libertarian ambitions of those years. Behind his misadventures there is not only the hand of the gods, but his devouring curiosity, the irrepressible need to put his skin at risk in order to know what the next adventure will hold for him. He scans the sea thinking of his Ithaca, but that sadness is the subtlest of his deceptions, a bait aimed at himself, the home he wants to return to does not exist. It is a mirage, a memory that nostalgia insists on magnifying. In this reinterpretation of the Homeric poem, Lob keeps alive the eternal freshness of the original text, while Pichard's sign transports the harmonious solidity of ancient art into psychedelia, restoring this classic to its dreamlike dimension. Because Ulysse's is the oldest and most radical dream of humanity: the desire to give in to the sensual candor of freedom. Text in French. Adult Material. Out of print. Condition: Very Good. Cover and edge wear. Bumped corners with creases (right bottom corner throughout Volume 1, Bottom spine corner throughout Volume 2). Extensive soiling. Both volumes have cover coming away from book.