Cinematoma

FIRST EDITION. One of 45 deluxe copies numbered on Korea paper. Since his beginnings, cinema has fascinated Max Jacob. He regularly attends movie theaters. He knows the classics of his time by heart and champions silent films.Cinématomais the second and last work published by La Sirène. Indeed, Jacob had promised his manuscript for the end of 1918 and struggled to meet his deadlines. Moreover, he did not get along with the publishers of La Sirène, founded by Jean Cocteau, Blaise Cendrars, and Jacques Lafitte. This book consists of about fifteen portraits of ordinary men and women, both provincial and Parisian: "The woman who found a husband," "The lawyer who will have two wives instead of one," "The gentleman who meddles in what doesn't concern him," etc.