Tuesday, 10 March 2009

L'homme qui marche - Christian Bobin's life of Christ

To say that it is a small book would be an understatement. Christian Bobin's L'homme qui marche is just 32 small but beautiful pages long. Looking for poetry last night I picked this poetic prose off my shelves and was once again captivated. How wonderful if there could be someone writing like him in each of the world's languages.
As I read it I realised that it would be fun to read with the young people at KT. I'll see whether I dare do that.
"Ce que l'on sait de lui, on le tient d'un livre. Avec l'oreille un peu plus fine, nous pourrions nous passer de ce livre et recevoir de ses nouvelles en écoutant le chant des particules de sable, soulevées par ses pieds nus. Rien ne se remet de son passage et son passage n'en finit pas."

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