← Francis PongeLe Parti Pris des Chosesby Francis PongeEssays in prose celebrating the sensory and linguistic nature of objectsFind on Amazon↗About the authorFrancis PongeFrench poet whose Le Parti Pris des Choses (Taking the Side of Things) offers precise, affectionate prose-poem descriptions of everyday objects. He influenced both existentialism and the Nouveau Roman.More by Francis PongeProemesPoetic and philosophical essays on the act of writing itself→La Rage de l'ExpressionEssays exploring the tension between expression and poetic constraint→Le Grand RecueilPoetry celebrating the textures, sounds, and materiality of language→