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Pierres anagogiques

Roger Caillois

This unprecedented volume, which includes a majority of texts rediscovered by François Farges in 2023, could likely have been Roger Caillois’s last great poetic project.

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Overview

Roger Caillois had a passionate love for stones. The result of completely new research, this book brings the photographs of minerals from his collection into dialogue with his texts, revealing the very process of thought and writing of its author. Contemplation of the stones unleashes a poetic prose of rare intensity, transforming the mineral into a mirror of his own dreams and deepest aspirations.

Critical edition and photographs by François Farges, professor at the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle.

This book was awarded the Transfuge prize for the best Art Book of the year 2025.

Agate, probablement Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil), demi-nodule scié et poli, 15 × 12 cm

Agate et quartz (avers), probablement Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil), tranche épaisse, sciée et polie d’un côté, 11 × 12,5 cm

Agate de type «gel et ardeur», probablement Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil), tranche fine, sciée et polie, vue d’un côté, 14,8 × 10,5 cm

Obsidienne iridescente, probablement La Revoltosa (Jalisco, Mexique), plaque épaisse, sciée et polie à l’avers, présentée avec l’orientation voulue par Caillois, 25 × 22 cm

Agate polyédrique, Sítio Garguelo (Paraíba, Brésil), bloc épais, scié et poli d’un côté, 10 × 8 cm

Details

Authors: Roger Caillois, François Farges (foreword and photographs)

Publishers: L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts - Gallimard

Publication: November 2025

Available languages

French: 978-2-07-311557-7

Characteristics

Format: 18.5 x 24.5 cm
320 pages
150 images

Collector's edition

The collector’s edition is only available at L’Escarboucle, the bookshop at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts.
Limited and numbered edition of 100 copies
Collector's slipcase