- Source: Capitale de la douleur
Capitale de la douleur (Capital of Pain) is a book of poems by French surrealist poet Paul Éluard. The collection was first published in 1926.
Table of contents
Répétitions
Mourir de ne pas mourir
Les petits justes
Nouveaux poèmes.
Publication
Paris, Nouvelle revue française [1926]
Influence
In 1965, Jean-Luc Godard adapted several of the concepts in Éluard's poetry in his film Alphaville and quoted from it throughout. The main character can also be seen to be reading the book.
See also
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century