The Straw Sandals: Selected Prose and Poetry

Jourdan wrote down notes, thoughts, observations and diary entries so sensitively as to remove the distinctions between prose, poetry and aphorism. This is a book of quiet meditation, marvel at the beauties of nature and keen awareness of the fleeting moments of life.

Selections from Fragments, Pages de Journal 1981, L angle mort / The Dead Angle and Les sandales de paille / The Straw Sandals, plus the complete texts of La langue des fumées / The Language of Rising Smoke, L entrée dans le jardin / The Entryway into the Garden, À la merci des sentences / At the Mercy of Maxims, and L approche / The Approach.