Brother of the previous

FIRST EDITION. One of 25 numbered copies on pure rag Malmenayde paper, the only large-paper issue.

The book was born after the death of Pontalis's elder brother. It is a narrative of grief, but a complex grief, tinged with rivalry and admiration. His brother embodied success, charm, and self-assurance. Faced with him, Jean-Bertrand often felt like the "shadow," the second, the one who arrives when everything has already been said or done.