Christian Soleil

Pasolini and La Callas

an affective utopia

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Produktbeschreibung

They recognized each other before they could ever define what bound them. Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas: two sovereign solitudes, two voices out of tune with a century too narrow to contain them. One a poet, filmmaker, heretic. The other an absolute diva, a tragic singer, exiled from every homeland. Their encounter was no footnote in cultural history-it was a quiet rupture, the opening of a fragile utopia. In this sensitive and incisive book, Christian Soleil explores a bond that escapes classification: neither romance nor simple friendship, but an affective utopia-a space where desire is suspended, love displaced, and loyalty reinvented. Through Medea, letters, silences, and exchanged gazes, Soleil shows how Pasolini offered Callas a new territory: a place where her voice was finally heard, her body freed from worldly mythologies, her tragedy restored to truth. This is the story of an alliance against the world, a shared dream forged in the face of brutality and misunderstanding. With the precision of a critic and the tenderness of a witness, Christian Soleil gives form to what their time could not name: the possibility of love without possession, creation without compromise, freedom lived to the point of burning. A book about the fragile grace of necessary encounters. And about what art can still save-when it becomes refuge, promise, and resistance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cosmo edition
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 157g
• ISBN-13: 9798233601934
• Artikelnr.: 76315881

Autorenporträt

Christian Soleil est écrivain, essayiste et dramaturge. Auteur de plus d'une soixantaine d'ouvrages, il explore depuis plusieurs décennies les zones de rencontre entre l'histoire, la littérature et la psychologie humaine. Ses livres, souvent nourris de figures illustres - d'Alexandre le Grand à Napoléon, de Cléopâtre à Jules César - questionnent la part d'ombre et de lumière qui guide les destins exceptionnels. Conférencier passionné, homme de culture et de transmission, il mêle érudition et sens du récit, offrant au lecteur une écriture à la fois documentée, vivante et sensible.