Cover of Isidore Isou's Library

Isidore Isou's Library

"The study of artists libraries is justified by the fact that such an inventory, with comments ans annotations, can lead to a better understanding of the pathways of a thought and perhaps an entire body of work. "Tell me what you read and I will tell you who you are". this adage is especially valuable for a more precise approach to the universe of isidore Isou (1925-2007) and Lettrism. One day, perhaps, Isidore Isou's library, which is presented in this book, will be preserved in an institution ans will be a collection in which the research community will be able to continue research on Isidore Isou's books and on Lettrism itself. Waiting for that day, Isidore Isou's Library, a certain look on Lettrism proposes to partially fill this absence"—Back cover.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 428 pages

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