Pour une poésie administrative La Retraite de Monsieur Bougran

Seeing poetry in La Retraite de Monsieur Bougran might seem outrageous, given the prosaic adventures of the character. A civil servant forced into early retirement, Bougran creates an office in his own home exactly like the one he has been made to leave. Administrative poïesis, this demiurgic act, as grotesque as it may seem, renews the divine creation led by the office manager, M. Devin. This novella draws nearer to poetic narrative thanks to its parallels, echoes, and its circular structure.