Atlas plate · Italian campaign, 1796
From the Italian Campaign
He writes from the Italian campaign in a fever of need.
From one shore toward the other. A path of relation, not a lineage.
From
Milan
Between
ambition, a tent, the work of making himself necessary
Toward
Paris
Placement is approximate where the record is not a surveyor.
- From
- Milan, in the Italian campaign of 1796
- Toward
- Paris, where Joséphine remains
- Between
- the Alps, an army, the first fame
- Distance
- about 640 km of campaign and hunger
- Obstacle
- ambition, a tent, the work of making himself necessary
- Beloved
- Joséphine
- Time apart
- the months after a March wedding
- Message delay
- letters that arrive as commands as much as love
- What stands between them
- an army, and a possessiveness that should not be mistaken for devotion