Giacometti, Beckett. Rater encore. Rater mieux. Afrique ou se trouve-t-il au contraire

ou se trouve-t-il au contraire livré à des «démons« étrangers

il découvre la pensée de Nietzsche et Schopenhauer ainsi que les oeuvres de Böcklin et de Klinger

and many mummified cats were buried during the Late Period

go up gently

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Giacometti, Beckett. Rater encore. Rater mieux. Afrique ou se trouve-t-il au contraireAmong Alberto Giacometti's (1901 1966) literary friendships, the one with Samuel Beckett (1906 1989) is not the best known, but it is one of the most enduring. It dates back to 1937 and developed in the post war period. The two artists enjoyed spending endless evenings in the cafs of Montparnasse, then wandering Paris at night. Deep kinships brought together their plastic and theatrical works, at the crossroads of Existentialism, which were expressed