Françoise Xenakis - Elle lui dirait dans l'île. Gravures de Claude Groschêne [extraits des partitions de Xenakis] - 1979

Very beautiful edition for bibliophiles of the novel by Françoise Xenakis, 'Elle lui dirait dans l'île,' illustrated with 13 original etchings and drypoint engravings, including 7 excerpts from Xenakis's scores and 6 engravings by Claude Groschène.
The print of the engravings was made by Claude Groschène and Alain Poncelet. The plates with color highlights were watercolored by Christiane Groschène.

Limited unique print run of 180 copies, of which 140 are named, all on Arches vellum. This one (No. 111) for Maurice Schlogel.

Françoise Xenakis; [excerpts from Xenakis's scores; photographs by Claude Groschène].
She would tell him on the island.
[Paris]: The Book-loving Friends, 1979.
In 4 (35.5 x 25.5 cm) of 113, [4] pages.

Pages covered with embossed, pleated paper and housed in a cloth-lined casing.

Book in excellent condition except for minor signs of wear and stains on the covers of the cloth slipcase.

Summary:
This immense, intense, and poetic drama depicts the heartbreaking story of a woman who finally, after three years of waiting, receives permission to visit her husband, imprisoned on an island. It is there, in this place stained with the blood of prisoners, that she has so much to tell him, so many words to pour out, so many things to give him. A face-to-face between a broken man and a woman who wants to live, despite everything...

Françoise Xenakis, born Gargouil, is a French novelist and journalist.

In 1953, she married Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), a Greek-born composer, architect, and engineer.

Her first novel, 'Le Petit Caillou', was published in 1963. She won the Prix des libraires in 1993 for her book 'Attends-moi', published by Grasset.