{"id":12978,"title":"Les lois de l'hospitalité (La Révocation de l'Édit de Nantes - Roberte, ce soir - Le Souffleur)","dimensions":"18.9 x 12.4 cm, 350 p., language : French, publisher : Éditions Gallimard, Paris, Édition 2001 (Ouvrage reproduit par procédé photomécanique), ISBN : 2-07-074211-3","date_begin":"1965-01-01","material":"Ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2027/41","stream_count_app":9,"permalink":"les-lois-de-l-hospitalite-la-revocation-de-l-edit-de-nantes-roberte-ce-soir-le-souffleur","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/028/352/large/Untitled096.jpg?1430210808","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--[if gte mso 9]\u003e\u003cxml\u003e\r\n \u003co:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n  \u003co:Version\u003e15.00\u003c/o:Version\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n \u003co:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n  \u003co:TargetScreenSize\u003e800x600\u003c/o:TargetScreenSize\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n\u003c/xml\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1959, Klossowski published a novel, \u003cem\u003eLa R\u0026eacute;vocation de l\u0026rsquo;Edit de Nantes\u003c/em\u003e, and the following year \u003cem\u003eLe souffleur\u003c/em\u003e which, together with \u003cem\u003eRoberte ce soir\u003c/em\u003e (1954), would form the erotic trilogy \u003cem\u003eLes lois de\u003c/em\u003e l\u0026rsquo;hospitalit\u0026eacute; (1965). This book turns the vicious repetitions of the Sadean vision into an oddly cheerful procession of philosophical and carnal episodes. An ageing cleric, Octave, institutes an eccentric law in his household: the \u0026lsquo;rule of hospitality\u0026rsquo; invites any guest to take advantage of his wife, Roberte. Their nephew Antoine looks on, bemused by but attracted to this odd arrangement, and to the scurrilous dialogues and couplings to which it gives rise.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFearful of censorship, Klossowski\u0026rsquo;s publisher J\u0026eacute;r\u0026ocirc;me Lindon decided that the book should appear as a deluxe limited edition, illustrated by Balthus. When his drawings failed to meet Klossowski\u0026rsquo;s requirements, Balthus suggested that Pierre provide his own drawings. The result is a series of images that replicate the novel\u0026rsquo;s key carnal moments: the long-suffering, though apparently serene Roberte, her skirt unaccountably ablaze, is swiftly un-dressed by a mysterious male figure. Octave encourages the subsequent attacks on his wife, somehow convinced that these dramatic interludes will reveal to him her spiritual essence.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Brian Dillon\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2688,"name":"Pierre Klossowski","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}