Gérard Genette de Bardadrac a Postscript

Abstract

Known to that point for his poetics and aesthetics studies, Gérard Genette publishes in 2006 Bardadrac, a sort of informal dictionary where he picks up childhood and youth memories, anecdotes from his personal and professional life, travel experiences, reflections on contemporary society, ideas about art and literature, opinions about the most varied subjects, inventories of special linguistic usages, etc. This book begins an autobiographical series which will be completed along the following decade with four further volumes–Codicille (2009), Apostille (2012), Épilogue (2014) y Postscript (2016)– where the writer reveals his less known side in a brilliant exercise of memory, intelligence and sensitivity