Pierre Mabille
Pierre Mabille (1904-1952) was a doctor, writer, and editorial director of the famous art review Minotaure. Working as a surgeon in the Caribbean during World War II he was appointed French Cultural Attaché to Haiti at the war’s end and helped establish the Haitian Bureau of Ethnology. Mabille is one of the most important writers to have participated in the surrealist movement, advancing surrealist concerns into the areas of medicine, hermetic traditions, and social structures. His major works include La construction de l’Homme, Thérèse de Lisieux, Égrégores ou la vie des civilisations, and Conscience Pictoral, Conscience Lumineuese.
Books By Pierre Mabille
Mirror of the Marvelous
By Pierre Mabille
$19.99
One of the most significant surrealist books, this classic explains how “the marvelous” is more than a synonym for “the fantastic” because it engages the entire emotional realm. Drawing on sacred and modern texts, the author defines “the marvelous” by showing its presence in those works where it burns the brightest.