Leaving my current dwelling.
Reb el'z 'Zzhug - A Restless Journey, by Noël Herpe, Le Nouvel Attila, 160 p., €18, e-book €14.
Noël Herpe, a multifaceted artist and wordsmith, is a human whirlwind, much like the tempestuous Antonin Artaud - a man who refuses to be confined by the boundaries of one discipline. With credits as an actor, author, scholar, and performer, Herpe has authored autobiographical tomes like "Journal in Ruins" and Object Rejected by the Sea, published by Gallimard in 2011 and 2016, respectively; Let's Dissimulate! and My Life with Bernard Pivot, released by Plein Jour in 2016 and 2023, respectively; and even a captivating biography of filmmaker Eric Rohmer, in partnership with Antoine de Baecque, published by Stock in 2014. Herpe's silver screen appearances include acting in his own stark experimental films.
Upon first glance, the subject of Herpe's latest opus, Je déménage, might seem rather ordinary. Spurred by an unbearable cacophony of jackhammers, Herpe decides it's time to abandon his Parisian dwelling on Rue Saint-Ambroise - a shop cleverly disguised as an apartment where he's dwelt for eight years and created some of his finest works. This apartment, too moldy to inhabit, holds the lingering memory of a love long gone. It's high time for the scribe to vacate this "cave" and turn the page - he's ready to move on.
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In the heart of his latest work, "Je déménage," Noël Herpe navigates an emotional terrain, manifesting a blend of humor and melancholy as he bids farewell to a past love and a moldy Parisian abode on Rue Saint-Ambroise. This home-and-garden metamorphosis carries overtones of a profound lifestyle transition for the multifaceted artist.
