Paul Paillette

One of the missing pieces in my collection of Ravachol-related material has been the source of a phrase by Paul Paillette—often quoted, but always without enough information to even begin track it down: Ravachol-Jesus. I recently found a modern citation that at least gave me the name of the poem and, almost immediately after, was able to track down a copy of Paillette’s scarce collection, Les Tablettes d’un lézard, which contained the poem. The translation provided is very imperfect, but at least finally provides some context for the elusive phrase. VOIX NOUVELLE « De ces faits quels fronts vont porter […]