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L'Attente

L'Attente is a French publishing house founded in 1992 that specializes in contemporary creative literature.
 
 
19 titles
 
Thibault Marthouret - 365+1 - Poésie d\'anticipation
2024
French edition
currently out of stock
365 portraits of a "Tomorrow"—depicted as a character—that explore our relationship with time and mortality, as well as our resources and our aspirations.
Etel Adnan - Déplacer le silence
2022
French edition
currently out of stock
A poignant meditation on aging, grief, and the universal experience of facing death.
Frédéric Forte - Scènes et machines
2022
French edition
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Frédéric Forte reveals the art and techniques of theatrical set design—rooted in illusion—in a poetic light tinged with mischief, through a cut-up of text fragments by the 17th-century Italian stagehand and set designer Nicola Sabbattini, accompanied by custom drawings by designer David Enon.
Jean-Michel Espitallier - Centre épique
2020
French edition
currently out of stock
A documentary narrative based on archival footage depicting village customs and traditions throughout the 20th century, from World War I to the major strikes of 1995.
Jérôme Game - Album photo
2020
French edition
currently out of stock
When words pause the image: an album of "photo poems" through which Jérôme Game invents a new poetic form.
Sandra Moussempès - Cinéma de l\'affect - Boucles de voix off pour film fantôme
2020
French edition
currently out of stock
An exploration of the voice as both a sonic and romantic device, questioning the future of recordings: a poetic narrative at the intersection of sound, cinema, and spiritualism, tinged with both humor and a unsettling strangeness.
Élisabeth Jacquet - Avec nous / Le retour
2019
French edition
currently out of stock
Two books in one—a novel about an evening with friends and a series of romantic stories—explore contemporary society: identity, love, relationships, sex, procreation, motherhood, feminism, femininity, and the pressures of consumer society…
Guy Bennett - Ce livre
2017
French edition
currently out of stock
A poetic self-guided tour.
Jérôme Lafargue - Au centuple
2017
French edition
currently out of stock
Setting himself the challenge of writing one hundred texts, each consisting of one hundred words, the author takes us on a journey through a realm that blends fiction, literary history, politics, the absurd, and the personal.
Sandra Moussempès - Colloque des télépathes & Post-Gradiva (book + CD)
2017
French edition
currently out of stock
A poetic work of autofiction that shifts between eras, from the gothic atmosphere of the Victorian era to the equally strange atmosphere of Hollywood in 1969–71. It comes with a CD album that serves as its soundtrack.
Anne Savelli - Décor Daguerre
2017
French edition
currently out of stock
A poetic reflection on the Parisian "decor" as the author wanders the city's streets.
Frank Smith - Chœurs politiques
2017
French edition
currently out of stock
Political poetry in action.
Rémi Checchetto - Apéro
2013
French edition
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Rémi Checchetto takes aim at the aperitif ritual.
Marie Rousset - Conversation avec les plis
2013
French edition
currently out of stock
Conversation avec les plis (Conversation with the Folds) explores the history of the everyday landscape and questions our habits.
Frédéric Forte - 33 sonnets plats
2012
French edition
currently out of stock
33 "flat" and highly precise sonnets, each consisting of fourteen lines divided into two quatrains and two tercets.
Sandra Moussempès - Acrobaties dessinées & Beauty Sitcom (book + CD)
2012
French edition
currently out of stock
A text that blends poetry, prose, fiction, and investigative writing, accompanied by a CD of audio poems.
Éric Pessan - Dépouilles
2012
French edition
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A polyphonic funeral comedy: a narrative text, not without humor, centered on the precise, codified, and theatrical moment of the deceased’s presentation in funeral homes.
Diane Glancy - Cartographie Cherokee
2011
French edition
currently out of stock
A poetic exploration of Cherokee history and spirituality.
Rémi Checchetto - Confiotes
2005
French edition
currently out of stock
70 variations on jam.
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