The Day that Is. A Memoir.

FIRST EDITION. One of 80 numbered copies on Centaure ivory paper, the only large paper issue.

Published posthumously in 1987, this text is one of his early works, written from his notes and personal diary.

The novel tells the story of Jacques, a young man preparing to leave his family for Paris. The narrative focuses on the hours before his departure and the subsequent train journey, where he meets a young woman, Anna.

The text, which is only a draft, is deeply imbued with the author's personal experience. Paul Gadenne, suffering from tuberculosis, spent much of his life in a sanatorium, and his work is marked by solitude, illness, and a quest for meaning.