The next novel really digs into the Artaud-Desnos story: Artaud’s Theater of Cruelty and The Cenci, the Desnos-Foujita-Youki triangle, Artaud’s break with Lise Deharme, Desnos going with Artaud to get a steel tip for his cane, Artaud’s trip to Mexico and his eventual incarceration. It will be long – a good 500 pages – andContinue reading “The Next Novel: Theater of Cruelty”
Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos
I would like to write a Book which would drive men mad, which would be like an open door leading them where they would never have consented to go, in short, a door that opens onto reality. —Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos 