Un monde terrible et beau #[nn]

Eleanor Davis brings her singular vision to this French-language collection, Un monde terrible et beau, published by Gallimard in 2020. The cover sets a quietly arresting tone: a young woman with curly dark hair reaches overhead to pluck a cluster of deep purple grapes from a vine of bold red leaves, a single grape pressed thoughtfully to her lips. It's a striking image that balances the sensory and the contemplative, perfectly capturing the tension of that title — a world both terrible and beautiful.