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In his "reasons for writing, among others", published in "Au rendez-vous Allemand", Eluard will say of these collections:
"In October 1940, I published in the Cahiers d'Art the first volume of the OPEN BOOK (1938-
1940). The pale before the war, the gray war struggling with eternal wonders. And if I don't. resist the temptation to introduce childish riddles into what I am writing (for example at the beginning of Quatre deuils), I leave all their field to beauty and horror, to desire and rebellion. (…)
Then, in January 1942 and still in the Cahiers d'Art, the second volume of the OPEN BOOK, dedicated to Pablo Picasso, my sublime friend. » 67510707
