Claudia Comte

Insolent and defiant, the Chants de Maldoror, by the self-styled Comte de Lautr¿ont (1846-70), depicts a sinister and sadistic world of unrestrained savagery and brutality. One of the earliest and most astonishing examples of surrealist writing, it follows...

<p>« Ce qui est monstrueux n'est pas nécessairement indigne. »</p><p>Une clarté d’expression qui fait mouche. Cette fois encore, on se régale. Isabelle Potel, Figaro Madame.</p><p>Faussement léger, drôle, et...

<p>In this remarkable little book, Andre Comte-Sponville introduces the reader to the western philosophical tradition in a series of sparkling chapters on the ''big questions''. In doing so he reveals the essential bones of philosophical...