Theory of MultiDreams, written by the author and poet
Jean-Philippe Cazier is a work of fiction loosely inspired by both the contemporary astrophysicist
Aurelien Barrau‘s work on multiverses and the turn-of-the-century author H.P. Lovecraft’s mystical stories.
The book entwines astrophysics and fantasy literature through fiction, deconstructing the frameworks of narration, logic, identity, space, and time.
The story begins with the disappearance of one of its characters, out of which a kaleidoscopic narrative develops. Identities proliferate, dreams become the means for travel through space and time, and Lovecraft himself seemingly becomes one of the characters.
Theory of MultiDreams charts a troubling voyage illustrated by
Andreas Marchal in which
science and
literature converge to create a paradoxical universe that is nonetheless real—or was it just a dream?
But who said dreams weren’t reality?
Jean-Philippe Cazier (born 1966 in Sète, France) is a
poet and writer, author of numerous fictional texts. He collaborated for various magazines, including
Inventaire/Invention,
Chaoïd,
Inculte,
Concepts,
Chimères, and
Diacritik. He published studies on
Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Michel Foucault,
Jacques Derrida,
Henri Michaux, Oliver Rohe, Leon Chestov, and Jacques Doillon. Cazier translated the works of Jorge Sanjines, María Galindo (Mujeres Creando), Blanca Wiethüchter, and
Kathy Acker.
