by Henry de Montherlant · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070360352
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«La Mort qui fait le trottoir (Don Juan)» is the play by Henry de Montherlant, published by Folio in paperback (192 pages, in French).
In this three-act piece, Montherlant revisits the Don Juan myth in an urban monologue: the protagonist waits on a bridge for a woman who never comes and, while the square remains empty, evokes his conquests and the passage of time. The text combines irony, erotic memory and a disquieting awareness of death.
Published on 16 February 1972, this edition includes a preface by Gabriel Matzneff; the text corresponds to the revised version of the play performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in 1958.
For readers with a command of French interested in Montherlant's theatre and in rewritings of the Don Juan myth.
Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant was a French essayist, novelist, and dramatist. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960.
