
← Reel Rap28 Jun · 1 h 36 min
Vacated Landscape by Jean Lahougue with Bryan Counter
<p>Today we are joined by Bryan Counter to talk about the Jean Lahoughue book, <a href="https://wakefieldpress.com/products/vacated-landscape" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Vacated Landscape</a>, translated beautifully from the French by K.E. Gormley and published by Wakefield Press. Spoilers within.</p><p>We discuss modern and post-modern french literary traditions, surrealism, and Bennett shares his experience of seeing Un Chien Andalou (1929) at the recent Nitrate Picture Show film festival.</p><p>Bryan is the host of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/authors-die-twice/id1802931188" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Authors Die Twice</a>, a podcast about video games and aesthetic theory hosted by two living failures. Bryan also recently published the excellent book, <a href="https://anthempress.com/books/four-moments-of-aesthetic-experience-hb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Four Moments of Aesthetic Experience: Reading Huysmans, Proust, McCarthy, and Cusk</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><br></p>