Letter — c. 1974

Correspondence from M., undated

Marseille

Object Type: Letter
Date: c. 1974
Place: Marseille
Medium: Handwritten ink on lined paper, two leaves
Rights: Held under fair-use citation; identity withheld.
Verification: Requires verification

A two-page letter signed only "M." Found folded inside a copy of Bachelard's La Poétique de l'Espace bought from a stall on the Cours Julien in the summer of 2019.

The hand is unhurried, the French oblique. The letter refers to a journey neither party seems to have taken.

Transcript

Mon cher, — il y a des chambres que l'on n'habite qu'une fois, et il y en a d'autres qui nous habitent toute la vie. […]

Provenance

Acquired Marseille, 2019. Origin unknown.