At the heart of the emergency, Jacques Cauda’s vital prognosis wavers dangerously. In a moment where every second counts, the infernal countdown is on.
Jacques Cauda, notorious and provocative author, offers us a new work entitled Vital Prognosis Engaged. This time, the writer plunges us into a maelstrom of images and fantasies. But what does this intriguing phrase really hide?
A fascinating duo: Léa Doucey and Paul-Mario
Cauda opens his novel with a fascinating intrigue between Léa Doucey, a writer played by actress Léa Seydoux, and Paul-Mario, a young painter responsible for illustrating her writings. The exchanges between these characters, anchored between Corsica and Paris of 2028, take an “organic” turn, where fiction goes beyond its traditional framework to embrace an unbridled reality. The apparent presence of Cauda in these electronic messages reinforces this labyrinthine dimension.
Return to 1999: a disenchanted female figure
In the second part of his work, taking place in 1999, Cauda evokes a female figure associated with the electoral campaign of Jean-Pierre Chevènement. This story contrasts greatly with the sensuality and dreams embodied by Léa Doucey. This unexpected juxtaposition underlines Cauda’s ability to juggle temporalities and themes.
An art of the fragmentary
Cauda, faithful to its credo of “ nonfinite », constructs his novel from collages of quotes, digressions and dreamlike visions. He does not hesitate to flirt with pornography to reinforce the connections, even virtual, between its characters. This narrative mosaic is reminiscent of the visceral impact of the works of Paul Loque, alias Pollock.
Pictoriality at the heart of writing
At Cauda, the writing is tinged with an immense pictorial dimension, where the colors annex the text from the first lines: turquoise blue, white and pituite green. We feel the painter’s eye behind each word, each metaphor, anchoring the reader in a singular chromatic dance.
- Pituit green: An omnipresent color, a metaphor for bile and disturbed dreams.
- The heart beats: Sometimes symbolizing anguish, sometimes passion.
- Clothed in Greek: A cryptic allusion, adding mysterious depth.
The importance of style
For Jacques Cauda, writing is equivalent to building contrasts and highlighting a certain interiority. He seeks less to tell a story than to convey violent emotions thrown onto the page. Through words, he transcends the boundary between reality and fiction, revealing an intense, sometimes disturbing light.
A work to explore
Vital Prognosis Engaged is not an easy read, but it is a literary adventure worth the effort. By exploring the quotes and digressions, the reader can penetrate the recesses of the author’s flesh and mind. As Gérard Thalmann says so well, “The painting is the battlefield of the warrior painter, erotic, absolute, real, imaginative… phallic, vaginal-anal. The painting is real. »
In short, immersed in a world of violent contrasts and transcendent light, the reader is invited to explore the work under the watchful eye of Jacques Cauda, like an artist in perpetual quest for truth.
