For Hermenegilde Chiasson, every work of art is both a cry and a
prayer. "Beatitudes" reflects this perspective by connecting
everyday events -- people losing their keys or their cellphone
signals -- to the universal. Sighs, silences, and human utterances
all become part of an ongoing incantation that ranges from the
personal to the textual, from the local to the cosmopolitan. In
this postmodern "sermon on the mount," Chiasson has created a tour
de force at once compassionate and complex, thoughtful and
illuminating.
A meditation on what it means to be human, Chiasson writes from
a deep sense of melancholy. Exploring the common bonds of humanity,
he creates a tonal montage that probes our notions of who we are
and who we might become. Beginning in mid-sentence and ending not
with a period but a comma, "Beatitudes" is Hermenegilde Chiasson's
most important work to date, with beautiful lines that continue to
echo long after they have been read. It will be released
simultaneoulsy in French by Editions Prise de Parole.
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