Les Chambres Abdelhamid Ben Haddouga a failed parliamentary candidate

a failed parliamentary candidate

He eventually settled in England

In his first collection of poetry

aspiration to betrayal

This tri-lingual approach is an attempt to represent the cultural and linguistic concerns which both Ireland and Galicia have shared historically

Les Chambres Abdelhamid Ben Haddouga a failed parliamentary candidatePublished in 1969, Les Chambres was Louis Aragons last collection. Subtitled pome du temps qui ne passe pas, it is a beautiful and melancholy meditation on time, age and love, a last gift to his wife Elsa Triolet who died the following year: Cest le dernier cadeau que jai fait Elsa, histoire davouer que tout entre nous na pas t si ensoleill quon se plaisait, quon se plat le croire, quil y a eu entre nous des journes comme celle l par exemple o je