Lydie Salvayre Publishes New Collection with Verticales
Lydie Salvayre, a French writer and psychiatrist, has published a new collection with Éditions Verticales. The book includes two texts, 'Famille 1' and 'Famille 2', which explore the tragic core of family dynamics, particularly through the lens of psychosis. Salvayre's daily work with mental illness gives her unique insight into the structure of reality. The collection also features a rejected commissioned text on tango, which she approached with her characteristic unflinching gaze. Jacques Henric reviews the work, praising Salvayre's precise, larval-like writing that strips reality to its bones.
Key facts
- Lydie Salvayre is a psychiatrist as well as a writer.
- The collection includes texts 'Famille 1' and 'Famille 2'.
- The publisher is Éditions Verticales.
- Salvayre was commissioned to write a text on tango, which was rejected.
- Jacques Henric wrote the review for artpress.
- The review draws a metaphor between writing and larvae cleaning a dead ox.
- The collection explores family, psychosis, and reality.
- The review was published in artpress in May 2002.
Entities
Artists
- Lydie Salvayre
- Jacques Henric
Institutions
- Éditions Verticales
- artpress
Sources
- artpress —