Taylor John - The Unsaddled - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A captivating and wide - ranging interpretation of accidental dismounting. In Pascal Quignard's writing philology hunts for wild game in a dark forest. The Unsaddled which features horses as its central figure is no exception. Taking off from puns multifarious imagery and metaphorical meanings to be baffled to be thrown that the book's title provides Quignard focuses on life - changing moments. We meet George Sand (whose father died after being thrown from his horse) Saint Paul Abelard Agrippa d Aubign and countless other writers philosophers theologians or kings who fell off their horses not to forget Jean - Jacques Rousseau who was knocked over by a dog. Being unsaddled can also be associated as Quignard shows in regard to Nietzsche with an overturning of values. Scenes of war hunting fleeing or sexuality When lovers have a horse ride they gallop in another world come before our eyes each time from those unsettling vantage points that Quignard knows how to find. As ever he ranges far and wide in his intense quest taking examples from across human history from the neolithic age to his own childhood memories of postwar Le Havre in northern France.
Title: The Unsaddled
Author(s): Taylor John
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
Barcode: 9781803091501
Pages: 252 Pages
Publication Date: 11/10/2023
Category: Historical Fiction