February 4, 2009  

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De Papieren Man reports[1] that French publishing house Seuil just launched an erotic fiction series in its Points collection of cheap paperbacks.

Nine titles have been published at the end of January. They feature strikingly bright pink covers. "Parce que la littérature est une provocation..." (Eng: Because literature is a provocation), goes the slogan to the new collection.

The slogan reminds me of Mallarmé's famous dictum on the subversive qualities of book reading "Je ne sais pas d'autre bombe, qu'un livre." (I know of no bomb other than the book.)

Four titles were acquired from other publishing houses. Coños[2] van Juan Manuel de Prada, Le Beau Sexe des hommes by Florence Ehnuel, Le Fouet by Martine Roffinella and Légendes de Catherine M. by Jacques Henric on the exploits of his wife Catherine Millet. Other titles include La vie sexuelle de Catherine M. by Catherine Millet, Le Boucher by Alina Reyes and Putain by Nelly Arcan; an anthology of erotic poetry by Jean-Paul Goujon. Director of Points is Emmanuelle Vial. First prints range from 4.500 to 8.400 copies, price hovers between 6 to 8 euros. Every two books bought merit a "naughty gift" by lingerie brand Yoba. The first present was a mask.

It was not the first time that the color pink came to symbolize eroticism in the media. In the eighties started the popular TV series Série Rose.

Jean Richepin @160

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bAZPmgvQn4&

contemporary version of La Glu by Dorsannes

Jean Richepin (February 4, 1849 - December 12, 1926), French poet, novelist and dramatist, noted for perpetuating tropes such as La Glu (1881). He belonged to the Le Cercle des poètes Zutiques and was an important player in French cabaret, the French avant-garde, the history of the cruel tale and the history of derision.

Richepin was virtually unknown until the publication, in 1876, of a volume of verse entitled Chanson des gueux (see Les Gueux), when his outspokenness resulted in his being imprisoned and fined for outrage aux mœurs.

La Glu

La Glu first came to my attention[3] a year ago. It is a poem/song by French writer Jean Richepin. It is a story of motherly love, of a mistress who demands of her lover his mother's heart to feed to her dog.

The stong was a staple in the French cabarets of the late 19th century and has been interpreted by various performers including Eugènie Valladon, Mistinguett and Polaire.

"La Glu" was brought to stage by Richepin for the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique in 1883 and later adapted to musical drama set to music by Gabriel Dupont performed at the opera of Nice in 1910.

Hungarian writer József Kiss used the plot for his novel The Mother's Heart ("Az anyasziv", written between 1883 and 1889).

The origin of the story is probably an old Arabian tale. It was updated in the 1920s by Iranian poet Iraj Mirza.

The original lyrics of the song are:

Y avait une fois un pauvre gars

Et lonlon laire

Et lonlon la

Y avait une fois un pauvre gars

Qui aimait celle qui ne l'aimait pas.

Elle lui dit : Apporte-moi d'main,

Et lonlon laire

Et lonlon la

Elle lui dit : Apporte-moi d'main,

L' cœur de ta mère pour mon chien.

Va chez sa mère et la tue,

Et lonlon laire

Et lonlon la

Va chez sa mère et la tue,

Lui prit l' cœur et s'en courut

Comme il courait, il tomba

Et lonlon laire

Et lonlon la

Comme il courait, il tomba

Et par terre, le cœur roula.

Et pendant que le cœur roulait

Et lon, lon laire,

Et lon, lon la,

Et pendant que le cœur roulait,

Entendit le cœur qui parlait.

Et le cœur disait, en pleurant

Et lonlon laire

Et lonlon la

Et le cœur disait, en pleurant :

T'es-tu fait mal, mon enfant ?