Renaud Camus
1. Ne lisez pas ce livre ! Ne lisez pas ce livre ! etc.Burnt Boats
The only worthy secret is the secret left,
when all secrets are disclosed.
(version française de cette présentation)
1. Ne lisez pas ce livre ! Ne lisez pas ce livre ! etc.Burnt Boats is a work
which belongs to
the underexploited literary genre
of the Personal Ad
A book by the same author, entitled P.A. (petite annonce),
was published (in French) in May 1997 at éditions P.O.L,
33, rue Saint-André-des-Arts, 75006 Paris
1. Ne lisez pas ce livre ! Ne lisez pas ce livre ! etc.Burnt Boats is online since August 1998.
It is at the same time
a very abundantly annotated edition
of P.A. under the form of an hypertext
and an ever evolutive version of the same work
which itself is already constituted, for a large part,
of notes and notes to notes to notes, etc.
1. Ne lisez pas ce livre ! Ne lisez pas ce livre ! etc.Get to the text at its beginning
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Besides, a
repertory
lists the 999 paragraphs of P.A.
which are the original structure of 1. Ne lisez pas ce livre ! Ne lisez pas ce livre ! etc.Burnt Boats
as well as the new paragraphs linked to them
as they are being added
In the repertory as in the text itself,
the original paragraphs have simple serial numbers
(88, 134, 913, etc.).
The paragraphs specific to 1. Ne lisez pas ce livre ! Ne lisez pas ce livre ! etc.Burnt Boats,
which have never been published in book form,
have a more complex numeration with hyphens
(950-4-2, 1-3-8-3-1-1-2-1-4-30-4-4, etc.).
The first of those numbers refers to the paragraph of P.A.
to which the new paragraph is attached.
The number and the “theme” of the listed paragraphs
give immediate access to them
Some of the paragraphs specific to 1. Ne lisez pas ce livre ! Ne lisez pas ce livre ! etc.Burnt Boats
were published on paper themselves afterwards
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Although not being strictly speaking an interactive site,
1. Ne lisez pas ce livre ! Ne lisez pas ce livre ! etc.Burnt Boats does not forget that it belongs
to the literary genre personal ad
and so it strongly invites correspondence in return.
It is a gigantic P.A.
and moreover contains
a few genuine ads in the classical sense
Some of these ads, much more intimate and personal,
therefore central to the general project of 1. Ne lisez pas ce livre ! Ne lisez pas ce livre ! etc.Burnt Boats,
have a sentimental or sexual,
namely homosexual, character
Persons who are not interested in those matters
or who are somehow disturbed by them
will prevent themselves, for instance,
to get to paragraphs 43, 44, 473 or 473-1.
In the opposite case, for direct access,
click on these links
Other ads are of a purely professional or practical order.
Several of those are also to be found in paragraphs 473 and 473-1
(which should make it obvious that combinations are always possible...),
or 844-845 too
To all those ads
one can answer, or write to the author
It is also possible to consult
a bio-bibliography of the author,
Renaud Camus