Jean-Baptiste Del Amo Turns to Goya's Black Paintings in a New Book on Illness
The French novelist has written a short, personal account for the "Ma nuit au musée" collection, drawing on a night spent with Goya's darkest works while unwell.
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo has published a short, spare récit titled "Une éclaircie" for the collection "Ma nuit au musée," according to Le Monde. The book grew out of a night the writer, in poor health at the time, spent with Francisco Goya's "Peintures noires" (Black Paintings), the cycle the Spanish painter made late in his life.
Le Monde reports that Del Amo thought immediately of Goya's dark cycle when invited to take part in the collection, which pairs writers with a night alone in a museum. The resulting text is described by the newspaper as personal, short and dépouillé — stripped down — centered on what illness does to oneself and to those around one.
No publisher, page count or release date beyond Le Monde's October 10 article is given in the available material.
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