French List The Paradisiacs: Last Kingdom IV, (Hardcover)

<b>Pascal Quignard delves into the uncanny bond between recognition and loss, outlining how our earliest experiences shape our longing for a paradise we can never reclaim.</b> <p> What if paradise was not a place we lost, but one we never truly knew? In <i>Paradisiacs</i>, the fourth volume of the <i>Last Kingdom</i> series, Pascal Quignard meditates on the nature of paradise--not as an Eden to which we might return, but as a place of origin that lingers in myth. Through his signature blend of ancient texts, Paleolithic art, psychoanalysis, and personal reflection, Quignard explores our primal longing for recognition. He traces this yearning back to the erstwhile, a prenatal paradise from which we are expelled at birth, and examines how resemblance and recognition shape our identities. </p><p> At once poetic and philosophical, <i>Paradisiacs</i> invites readers into Quignard's singular world, where language and history coalesce into a profound rumination on the origins of selfhood. With John Taylor's masterly translation, this latest installment of <i>Last Kingdom</i> is a hypnotic and revelatory reading experience for those drawn to the intersections of philosophy and the ineffable.</p>

• French List The Paradisiacs: Last Kingdom IV, (Hardcover)
• Author: Pascal Quignard
• ISBN: 9781803095554
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-03-30
• Page Count: 202