Signed Books, Presentation Copies

First Edition printed 130 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, ours unjustified.
boards slightly and marginally insolated.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Claude Sernet to the composer Jean Wiener: "... in testimony of an admiration ly distant, now fraternal."

Collective edition, one of the numbered copies on "bouffant" paper.
A small spot on the back of the head, full copy of his trailer that includes a small tear.
Signed autograph of Alain Bosquet to Pierre and Luce Bosquet: "... in the hope that they will find here some spiritual relationship with the author."

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer to insert.
Autograph dedication signed by Raymond Queneau to Luc Estang.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Precious autograph dedication signed by René Etiemble to André Breton: "... this book, which I would like all to not like him too, with esteem and friendship.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on vergé Ingres de Lana, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A nice copy despite a trace of folding to foot of upper cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Julien Green to a friend named Robert.

First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Paper yellowed as usual, a small filled-in lack to foot of upper cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Emil Michel Cioran to Gérard Binola.

First edition, one of the numbered copies.
Binding of the publisher in full gray cloth, smooth back, guards and contreplats of cream paper.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Joseph Guglielmi Georges Raillard.

First edition.
Beautiful illustrated copy of an original lithograph by Antoni Tapies on cover.
Iconography.
Text by Joan Teixidor.
Autographed and signed autograph by Antoni Tapies to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and a great specialist in the work of Antoni Tapies.

First edition of this unpublished poem by Michel Butor accompanying Grégory Masurovsky's recent drawings presented by La Hune in June 1966, one of 1000 numbered copies, ours one of the first 35.
Pleasant illustrated copy of 8 reproductions of works of Grégory Masurovsky.
Our copy is incomplete of the original engraving of Grégory Masurovsky to enrich the first 35 copies of the draw.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition on current paper illustrated with drawings by Colette Deblé.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph signed Colette Deblé Georges Raillard enriched with an original drawing of a window, in which is enclosed the autograph, framed by a sun of rain and a sun darting its rays.

First edition of this unpublished poem by Michel Butor accompanying Grégory Masurovsky's recent drawings presented by La Hune in June 1966, one of 1000 numbered copies, ours one of the first 35.
Pleasant illustrated copy of 8 reproductions of works of Grégory Masurovsky.
Our copy is incomplete of the original engraving of Grégory Masurovsky to enrich the first 35 copies of the draw.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition on current paper.
Beautiful illustrated copy of reproductions of works by Pierre Alechinsky.
Autographed and signed autographs by Pierre Alechinsky and Pierre Daix to their friend Georges Raillard and his wife Alice.

First edition on current paper.
Back and flat lightly and marginally insolated, some marks of reading and annotations of the dedicatee in pencil of paper and blue pen in margins of some leaflets.
Autograph dedication signed by Alain Robbe-Grillet to his friend Georges Raillard: "... something like" my big glass "with my friendship."

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph Jacques Hérold, in pencil, his friend Georges Raillard and his wife Alice.

First edition on current paper.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer to insert.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard on a guard, enriched, on the previous guard, an original folding.

New edition of the French translation prepared by Alice Raillard and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Pleasant illustrated copy of drawings by Santa Rosa and Mario Cravo.
Signed autograph dedication of Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to his translator Alice (Raillard) and her husband the art critic Georges.

First edition of the French translation and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph dedication of Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to his translator Alice (Raillard) and her husband the art critic Georges.

First edition of the French translation by Alice Raillard and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Pleasant full copy of his illustrated jacket.
Signed autograph dedication of Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to his translator Alice (Raillard) and her husband the art critic Georges.

First edition.
Pleasant copy, annotations and marks of reading, in pencil of paper and with post-its, of Georges Raillard on the margins of certain leaflets.
Illustrated book of reproductions of Albert Rafols-Casamada's works.
Our copy is enriched with an invitation card for the opening of the exhibition Rafols-Casamada at the Vandres Gallery on March 5, 1980 in Madrid, which Albert Rafols-Casamada transformed into a postcard which he signed and addressed to Alice and Georges Raillard.

First edition.
Binding of the publisher in full white canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his jacket illustrated flawless.
Rich iconography.
Signed autographs by Pierre Astier and Eduardo Arroyo to art critic Georges Raillard.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Claude Simon to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by Michel Butor, orange felt, his friend Georges Raillard enriched with a small sun obtained with a perforation around which Michel Butor has drawn orange rays.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice copy.
Autographed and signed autographs by René Depestre and Claude Couffon to Alice Raillard.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Back slightly insolated, annotations of the dedicatee to the black felt and the pencil of paper on the last guard white.
Autograph dedication signed by Pascal Quignard, on his first novel, Georges Raillard.

First edition of this historical novel written by Antony Thouret while incarcerated in the prisons of Saint-Waast.
Binding in half morocco green morocco, smooth back decorated with a central and gilded floral pattern, golden date tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blankets (dirty and doubled) preserved, binding of XIXth posterior of a few decades at work.
Rare book illustrated with a portrait of the author and an off-text figure engraved on wood by Eugene Forest.
Our copy is enriched by a signed autograph letter of three pages Antony Thouret to his publisher Ladvocat in which it is particularly question a second edition of the book which will be enriched with a second preface, some scenes main and a quantity of interesting notes.

First edition.
Nice copy.
Rich iconography.
Introduction of Michel Butor.
In the first volume, autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his close friend and biographer Georges Raillard on a cardboard included in a small collage.

First edition.
Binding of the editor in full red cardboard, smooth back cleared, traces of discoloration in the margin of the second board.
Light bites without gravity on the shirt.
A work punctuated by Jean Effel's reflections, humorously treating the greatest masterpieces of painting and sculpture.
Signed autograph dedication of Jean Effel Louis Flamme enriched with a drawing of a butterfly that forages a flower.

First edition of this exhibition catalog of works by Antoni Tapies presented at the Waddington Gallery in London from April 7 to May 7, 1994.
Binding of the editor in full red canvas, smooth back, first flat illustrated with a vignette representing a work of Antoni Tapies.
Nice copy.
Iconography, we join an invitation card to a retrospective of the works of Antoni Tapies at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Barcelona on February 17, 2004.
Text by Manuel J. Borja-Villel.
Autographed and signed autograph by Antoni Tapies, in French, to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Pleasant copy despite the second marginally curled.
Signed autograph dedication of Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard: "... to look north."

First Edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours bearing the No. 1, leading print.
A small tear in the foot of the first board.
A moving autograph dated and signed by Henri Bosco to his godson Henri Raillard to whom Barboche is dedicated: "For my dear godson Henri Raillard, this good dog famous in the Luberon by his grace, his fidelity, his courage - the wriggling tail. .. "

First edition, one of 300 copies on Alfa paper, only great papers after 2 Holland paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Jean Bercher to Dr. André Lefai.

First edition.
Binding of the editor in full blue canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his illustrated jacket with small tears in the back of the head.
Rich iconography.
Signed autograph of José Pierre art critic Georges Raillard: "... this Magritte, which, no doubt, will not teach him much, friendly ..."

First edition on current paper.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works by Cesare Peverelli.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Cesare Peverelli to Georges (Raillard).

First edition of the French translation and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice full copy of his trailer.
Signed autograph dedication of Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to his translator Alice (Raillard) and her husband the art critic Georges.

Autograph letter signed by Jean Ricardou Georges Raillard, literary critic and specialist painters Antoni Tapies and Joan Miro.
18 lines in black felt, envelope attached.
Ricardou talks to his audience at a future symposium: " It is nice to respond favorably, [Claude] Simon will be very happy too, but I would like you to be able to tell me about your subject as soon as possible ". It could be Raillard's speech on Michel Butor, as part of the famous literary colloquiums of Cerisy.

Autograph letter signed by Jean Ricardou Georges Raillard, literary critic and specialist painters Antoni Tapies and Joan Miro.
18 lines in black felt, envelope attached.
Ricardou talks to his audience at a future symposium: " It is nice to respond favorably, [Claude] Simon will be very happy too, but I would like you to be able to tell me about your subject as soon as possible ". This is a lecture on Claude Simon which was held the following year, in the framework of the famous literary colloquiums of the castle of Cerisy.

Signed autograph postcard of Jean Ricardou Georges Raillard, literary critic and professor at the University of Vincennes-Saint Denis.
12 lines in felt, envelope attached.
Ricardou is applying for the University of Vincennes:
"Dear Georges Raillard,
I received the file and returned it in due course, it seems to me, after having completely completed it. [...] Thank you again for your good care. [...] "

Autograph letter signed by Jean Ricardou Georges Raillard, literary critic and specialist novel New.
12 lines in black felt, envelope attached.
Ricardou maintains his address for a future symposium on Claude Simon at Cerisy Castle. : " Would you like to come and give a lecture? Claude [Simon] really liked your work on Triptique and you know the esteem in which I hold your investigations."

First Edition, one of 60 numbered copies, only leading copies.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer insert and his trailer.
Handwritten signature of Yves Bonnefoy below the justification of the draw.

First Edition, one of 60 numbered copies, only leading copies.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer insert and his trailer.
Handwritten signature of Yves Bonnefoy below the justification of the draw.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on laid Vizille, only leading copies.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer insert and his trailer.
Handwritten signature of Yves Bonnefoy below the justification of the draw.

First edition of this exhibition catalog of new works by Antoni Tapies presented at the Toni Tapies Gallery in Barcelona from December 2004 to February 2005.
Nice copy.
Iconography.
Text by Antoni Llena.
Signed autograph of Antoni Tapies to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Small dumps of adhesive paper in heads and feet of the guards.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Jean Bloch-Michel to Michel Butor: "... who will not blame me for my opinions and believe in my sympathy."

First edition, one of 880 numbered copies on white laid, only leading copies after 120 vellum Arches paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy despite a small spot on the sidelines of the first white guard.
Autograph dedication signed by François Cheng to Georges Raillard: "... in fervent homage and gratitude."

New edition.
Binding of the publisher in full blue canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his illustrated jacket that has slight marginal tears without gravity.
Iconography, ageable copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Jean-Paul Clébert to Georges and Alice Raillard: "... whose savvy advice has been particularly valuable to me ..."

First illustrated edition of 21 original drawings by Alfred Manessier, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, leading print after 19 other vellum Arches paper.
Nice copy.
Handwritten signatures of Camille Bourniquel and Alfred Manessier at the colophon.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
A small tear in the back of the back slightly insolated, flat marginally and slightly soiled.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Roger Couderc to Léon-Paul Fargue: "... the poet, so poetic, this last Baudelairian, with the admiration of an impetinous night owl removed from the countryside ..."

First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on ivory laid paper, the only issue after 75 on Arches vellum.
Publisher's binding in full greyish-blue paper, smooth spine faded and with a stain at head.
Work illustrated with 9 plates by Micheline Catty.
Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification, with its original drypoint by Micheline Catty, justified and signed by her, as well as a complete audio recording of the work by the author on cassette tape.
Autograph inscription signed by Ghérasim Luca, in pencil, to Axel de La Rovère and Anne Seghers: "Axiome : l'homme. Thème : l'homme axiomatique. En toute sympathie." ["Axiom: man. Theme: axiomatic man. With all sympathy."]

first edition for which it was not drawn large papers, printed stamp of press service at the foot of the second flat.
Two tiny, light spots on the first board.
Signed autograph Jacques Dupin to his great friend and biographer Georges (Raillard) and his wife Alice.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
A nice copy despite the spine pleated.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to Monsieur Zimmer.

First edition of which it was not drawn of great papers.
Iconography.
Beautiful copy despite a minor scratch without gravity head of the back.
Rare autograph dedication dated and signed by André Wogenscky to Georges Raillard and his wife Alice .

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Nathalie Sarraute to his friend Georges Raillard: "For Georges, very affectionately Nathalie."

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of 12 drawings by Ivan Alechine.
Autographed and signed autograph by Ivan Alechine to his friend Georges Raillard: "... these excursions at night for the day, midnight summers".

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Pierre Alechinsky.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed Michel Sicard to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition of the French translation for which it was not drawn great papers.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Jacques Derrida to Anne Sarraute.

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Very slight minor scratches at the top of the first board.
Autograph signed by Jean d'Ormesson full-page autograph to Jean-Pierre Defrain: "... these exercises against time ..."

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Pierre Alechinsky to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vergé, this one not included in the justification, the only printing after 1 Chine, 10 Japon and 20 Hollande paper.
Rare and nice copy.
Illustrated with 3 drawings by Benjamin Péret and, as frontispiece, an original engraving on Chine paper by Max Ernst, the only one engraved by the artist.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Benjamin Péret to Jacques Viot : " A Jacques Viot qui sonne utile tous les jours en jetant des assiettes to la tête des agents."

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy despite a lack in the first guard because of the fact that the first notebook was badly cut.
Illustrated book of drawings by Pierre Alechinsky.
Humoristic autograph dedication dated and signed by Pierre Alechinsky to his friend Georges Raillard: "L'av de la pr./ to G. Rail./am friend of the aut./ P. Alech 24. 03. 92 "

First Edition printed in 1000 numbered copies.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph dedication of Michel Butor to Gabrielle Bensa.

Collective first edition, one of the copies on white helium.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Robert Ganzo to José Corti.

First Edition, one of 122 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
Pleasant copy despite stings on the back, boards and guards.
Signed autograph of Marcel Jouhandeau François Berge: "... this book useless as remorse."

First edition of this reprinted from the review Syntheses which consists of an analysis of "Twelve small writings" Francis Ponge, one of 200 numbered copies, only draw after 7 Japan.
A lack restored in angle of the first flat, ex-libris glued on the back of the first board, cut of joint press.
Signed autograph of Francis Ponge to Charles Wagemans: "On the part of René de Solier, with also the friendly memory and the faithful sympathy of the author pretext".

First edition on current paper.
Nice full copy of his trailer.
Signed autograph dedication of Nathalie Sarraute to his friend Georges Raillard.

First Edition in paperback format.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Rives, only draw after 10 Japan and 12 Chapel off trade.
Some small bites on the guards, otherwise nice copy.
Illustrated book of 8 original lithographs in colors, including the cover, by André Beaudin.
Handwritten signatures of Georges Limbour and André Beaudin at the colophon.

First edition established and annotated by Michel Sicard and for which it was not drawn great papers.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Michel Sicard Georges Raillard.

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Small traces of friction without gravity on a bit, otherwise nice copy.
Signed autograph of Louis Althusser to the theater man J (acques) Lasalle.

First edition on current paper.
Binding in half red percaline, smooth back adorned with a golden floret, double golden net tail, black titan title piece, marbled paper plates, preserved covers.
Stamp printed from the archives of the French Comedy on the title page.
Precious autograph signed by Octave Mirbeau: "A Remy de Gourmont, his friend Octave Mirbeau."

Rare and probably the only test of "Pantagruelian Tales".
The work dates from 1903 before the addition of Jules Clarettie's preface and illustrations by Edmond Malassis.
The text, printed in Gothic characters is included in frames foliage, different from those of the edition marketed in 1905.
Bound in brown half morocco with corners, back with four double nerves decorated with a typographic mosaic pattern of green morocco, boards, guards and contreplats of marbled paper, gilded head, binding signed Trinckvel.
Nice copy nicely established.
Our copy is enriched with two autograph letters signed from Arthur Christian to Jules Claretie concerning the edition of the book and the preface he made for the edition published in 1905.
Finally, he was mounted on tab a game of the first test of the preface of Jules Claretie.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, head print.
Nice copy.
Our copy includes the dark manner of The Marshal and the etching Guillain Siroux they signed and justified .
Handwritten signatures, in pencil, of André Pieyre of Mandiargues and Henri Thomas with the colophon.

First edition on current paper.
Back insolated, a stain at the bottom of the first board.
Autograph dedication signed by Marcel Jouhandeau to Bernard Pingaud.

"D'une connaissance pénétrante et amicale de ma poésie vous avez tiré une dialectique qui va à l'essentiel" ["From a penetrating and friendly knowledge of my poetry you have drawn a dialectic that goes to the essence"]

Autograph letter signed by the poet André Frénaud addressed to Georges Raillard, dated December 12, 1962. 16 lines written in blue pen on letterhead of the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Tourism. Enclosed, an envelope addressed to the recipient.
Frénaud sends him warm thanks for a study that Raillard published on his poetry. Raillard, a specialist in Spanish painters Tapies and Miro, was also a literary critic and wrote important books on Aragon, Henri Bosco, Claude Simon and Michel Butor, as well as articles on Robert Pinget, Jean Echenoz and Pascal Quignard.

Autograph letter signed by the poet André Frénaud addressed to Georges Raillard, dated July 27, 1964. lines written in blue pen on a sheet.
Frénaud Raillard, specialist of the Spanish painters Tapies and Miro, was also a literary critic and wrote important books on Aragon, Henri Bosco, Claude Simon or Michel Butor, as well as articles on Robert Pinget, Jean Echenoz or Pascal Quignard.

First edition, one of 340 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only major paper after 20 hemp paper.
Freckles, very slight marginal tears without gravity on the boards.
Illustrated book of 5 drawings by Luc-Albert Moreau.
Autograph dedication signed by the publisher, Camille Bloch, to George Barbier.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Afterword by Judith Petit.
Illustrated book of drawings by Pierre Alechinsky.
Signed autograph dedication of Pierre Alechinsky to his friend Georges Raillard: "If you have time to spend Nov. 9, it would be amazing dear George (illegible word)."

Full autograph manuscript, signed, written in black and red markers for the title page and in blue ink for the text.

Our manuscript is presented under shirt and case in full gray canvas made for Henri Béraud, label of title glued at the top of the shirt.
Back and flat of the case and the shirt insolated and having foxinges.

Complete manuscript in 204 sheets, 203 of which are foliaged and the title page signed with the author's initials and dated 1946, in 12-inch format, single-sided and enriched with in-text color drawings and initials of the author.

Provenance: Henri Béraud's library.

First edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding in half old pink percaline, smooth spine decorated with double gilded nets in head and tail, golden tail date, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, a dull bottom corner, preserved covers, binding of the 'time.
Signed autograph of Francis Viélé-Griffin to Paul Hervieu.

First edition, one of 390 numbered copies on vellum tinted.
Our copy is presented in a case in full marbled paper.
Autograph signed by Charles Guérin to Robert de Souza.

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Michel Vachey: "For Georges Raillard agent-double."

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Philippe Sollers to his close friend Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on mat vellum.
Discolored back and having a black spot in the foot.
Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy Claude Ernoult.

First edition, one of the 1000 numbered copies on vellum cloth, ours one of the hors commerce.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of 4 reproductions of works of Claude Garache.
Autograph signed by Claude Garache Georges Raillard in pencil.

Handwritten letter signed by the writer Pierre Klossowski addressed to Maurice Béjart, dated 4 March 1991.
29 lines written in black ink on one leaf.
Just like a poem, this beautiful and passionate letter was written in a long column of text. Klossowski congratulates the choreographer on his autobiography Mort subite published the same year and is amazed that Béjart's literary tastes are so similar to his own.
In the letter, Pierre Klossowski highlights the affinities that link him to Béjart. He devotes a long passage to Mort subite, Béjart's last book about his famous father, the philosopher Gaston Berger: "La miraculeuse Anwesenheit [présence] d'un tel père suscitée par un tel fils ! A vous lire, je ressens cette célébration dans sa piété filiale toute de joyeuse certitude, à la cadence goethéenne du Roi des Aulnes [...]” “The miraculous Anwesenheit [presence] of such a father sparked off by such a son! To read you, I feel this celebration in his filial piety, all of joyful certainty, to the same rhythm as Goethe's The Erlking [...]” He brings up their shared passion for the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, before mentioning an old collaborative project: "Je n'oublie guère votre visite [...] ni votre idée d'un ballet autour d'un Baphomet invisible...” “I hardly forget your visit [...] nor your idea of a ballet based on Baphomet invisible....” Several years earlier, the Baphomet had already been the object of an abandoned theatre project with the Biennale de Venise. The letter finishes with an allusion to Klossowski's “travail pictural exclusif” “exclusive pictorial work”: his huge production of drawings that kept him busy until the end of his life.

A letter of admiration by Pierre Klossowski concerning Béjart's writing talent and his literary influences.
Provenance: Maurice Béjart's personal archives.

first edition on current paper.
Back and flat very slightly and marginally insolated without gravity.
Attached trailer featuring a marginal tear.
Autograph dedication dated and signed Emmanuel Roblès Alice Fedi enriched with a small drawing of flowers placed in a vase.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Johannot "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies after 30 Arches paper.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of 7 engravings by Robert Groborne.
Handwritten signatures of Alain Lambert and Robert Groborne at the colophon.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Robert Groborne to Georges and Alice R (aillard): "... with my faithful friendship for so long already ..."

First edition on current paper.
Nice full copy of his trailer.
Signed autograph Jorge Semprun to a friend named Brigitte: "... this story of adolescence ..."