Pierre Senges' 'Ruines-de-rome' Reviewed: A Botanical Novel of Terrorist Gardener
Pierre Senges' second novel 'Ruines-de-rome' (Éd. Verticales) continues his project of novelistic dissolution, following his debut 'Veuves au maquillage'. The book is structured in fragmented paragraphs and draws on specialized botanical texts, with plants as narrators. The plot revolves around a misanthropic gardener who plots to drown a city in a flood of flowers and decorative trees, a terrorist nourished by the Apocalypse. Senges creates a lyrical, poetic, and whimsical language blending extravagance and science, coining 'etymological fatalities' reminiscent of Queneau. The review by Laurent Goumarre in artpress (February 2002) praises the work as a cabinet of literary curiosities.
Key facts
- Pierre Senges' second novel 'Ruines-de-rome' is published by Éd. Verticales.
- The novel follows his debut 'Veuves au maquillage'.
- The book is structured in fragmented paragraphs.
- It draws on specialized botanical texts.
- Plants serve as narrators in the novel.
- The plot involves a misanthropic gardener-terrorist who plans to flood a city with flowers and trees.
- Senges creates a lyrical, poetic, and whimsical language blending extravagance and science.
- The review was written by Laurent Goumarre in artpress, February 2002.
Entities
Artists
- Pierre Senges
- Laurent Goumarre
- Queneau
Institutions
- Éd. Verticales
- artpress
Sources
- artpress —