I've completely skipped these Rimbaud publications, so I'm starting Rimbaud's month with one month delay... I completely understand your emotions at seeing Arthur Rimbaud's few belongings up close. In the Musée de la Guerre 14-18 in Douaumont, I saw the trunk of a French author, Louis Pergaud, known for his book The War of the Buttons, a…
I've completely skipped these Rimbaud publications, so I'm starting Rimbaud's month with one month delay... I completely understand your emotions at seeing Arthur Rimbaud's few belongings up close. In the Musée de la Guerre 14-18 in Douaumont, I saw the trunk of a French author, Louis Pergaud, known for his book The War of the Buttons, a novel of my twelfth year, which I read and reread a lot in my childhood. He died in the war and his trunk was later found. It had knitted sock and balaclavas, a cute pink box of "Chinese biscuits", a few other items of clothing and others. It was very moving. And the stitches you noticed are a reminder of how individual pieces of clothes were so much more important before. It didn't matter that he wasn't a skilled sewer, he needed to keep his things for as long as he could. Thank you for sharing this moving detail.
I've completely skipped these Rimbaud publications, so I'm starting Rimbaud's month with one month delay... I completely understand your emotions at seeing Arthur Rimbaud's few belongings up close. In the Musée de la Guerre 14-18 in Douaumont, I saw the trunk of a French author, Louis Pergaud, known for his book The War of the Buttons, a novel of my twelfth year, which I read and reread a lot in my childhood. He died in the war and his trunk was later found. It had knitted sock and balaclavas, a cute pink box of "Chinese biscuits", a few other items of clothing and others. It was very moving. And the stitches you noticed are a reminder of how individual pieces of clothes were so much more important before. It didn't matter that he wasn't a skilled sewer, he needed to keep his things for as long as he could. Thank you for sharing this moving detail.