Speaking East - The Strange and Enchanted Life of Isidore Isou
Author(s): Andrew Hussey
A vibrant account of both the sensuous cultural scene of postwar Paris and the life of an alluring icon of modern art.
Isidore Isou was a young Jew in wartime Bucharest who barely survived the Romanian Holocaust. He made his way to Paris, where, in 1945, he founded the avant-garde movement Lettrism, described as the missing link between Dada, Surrealism, Situationism, and May '68. In Speaking East, Andrew Hussey presents a colorful picture of the postwar Left Bank, where Lettrist fists flew in avantgarde punch-ups in Jazz clubs and cafés, and where Isou--as sexy and as charismatic as the young Elvis--gathered around him a group of hooligan disciples who argued, drank, and had sex with the Parisian intellectual élite. This is a vibrant account of the life and times of a pivotal figure in the history of modern art.
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- : Reaktion Books, Limited
- : Reaktion Books, Limited
- : 01 November 2021
- : 1.2 Inches X 6.25 Inches X 9.25 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Andrew Hussey
- : Hardback
- : 709.2
- : 324