Category Archive: Jean Cocteau

A Marble Portrait (a text of Jean Cocteau translated by Vadim Bystritski)

All we need to do is think it over. And to figure it all out, we had better learn a few things about those mysterious qualities of marble. In short, this is how… Continue reading

Martingale (a text of Jean Cocteau translated by Vadim Bystritski)

If you look at the flowerbed of geraniums on the lawn of Monte-Carlo, close your eyes, and you will see red lawn and green geraniums. It has to do with a variant that… Continue reading

The end of Royalty (a text of Jean Cocteau translated by Vadim Bystritski)

Madame, said the archbishop, you need to get ready, death is at the door. After a good deal of grimacing, the queen confessed. The archbishop listened to a list of hideous crimes, where… Continue reading