Javier Santiso présente « Toro Bravo » en présence de Camille Pech de Laclause

This edition is illustrated with paintings by Fabienne Verdier, whose immense gesture, suspended above the canvas, matches the concentric rhythm of the text.

Inspired by reading Simone Weil, this animal monologue crafted into words by Franco-Spanish writer and poet Javier Santiso turns the bullfight into the theater of a question as ancient as philosophy: how to stand tall in the face of the inevitable? The answer belongs to those who have nothing to lose, not even death.

Javier Santiso, a Franco-Spanish author, has written poetry-praised narratives in both languages. In France, he published Un pas de deux (Gallimard, 2023). He introduced Christian Bobin, Pascal Quignard, and Charles Juliet to Spanish readers and founded the independent publishing house La Cama Sol.

Come and discover « Toro bravo » published by Klincksieck

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