MIGUEL PÉREZ CORRALES, CALEIDOSCOPIO SURREALISTA, UNA VISIÓN DEL SURREALISMO INTERNACIONAL

(1919-2011)

This is a prodigious book, far superior to all the dictionaries of surrealism published in France. It is close to exhaustiveness, as it sweeps the entire world and, as far as France is concerned, gives notices on all the protagonists of surrealism. The surveys I was able to make for the southern regions show that no one has been forgotten. Pérez Corrales is not insipid, and sometimes knows how to be corrosive. There are some excessive demolitions, but, overall, the author strives to propose a fairly accurate portrait of each. The very long notice on Léo Malet is of exceptional richness. That on Alain Jouffroy, not exempt from criticism, is very honest because he praises the poet and also the art critic. Similarly, the reservations about André Pieyre de Mandiargues' poetry are well supported. On the other hand, André Liberati deserved better than capital execution. But, as the volume's presentation says, the author, born in 1955, is a "representante del viejo fervor surrealista" and testifies to an "entusiasmo sin limites."

This book seems so important to me that we will soon say the Corrales, as we say the Robert. Each reader will be able to discuss this or that judgment, but he has, with this work, rich and living material, and a reference work to consult, and reconsult.

Jean-Pierre Lassalle

Miguel Pérez Corrales, Caleidoscopio surrealista, una visión del surrealismo internacional (1919-2011),
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