Illuminations
Recommended by Jeremy Noel-Tod, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #32 in Poetry Writing, Ranked #96 in French — see more rankings.
"This may be the most beautiful book in the world, lighted from within and somehow embodying all forms of literature." - Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
The modernist masterpiece that is Arthur Rimbaud's Illuminations has been given new life with the publication of John Ashbery's "dazzling" ( The Economist ) new translation, widely hailed as one of the literary events of the year. Presented with French text in parallel and a preface by its translator, Ashbery's rendering powerfully evokes the glittering, kaleidoscopic beauty of the original less
The modernist masterpiece that is Arthur Rimbaud's Illuminations has been given new life with the publication of John Ashbery's "dazzling" ( The Economist ) new translation, widely hailed as one of the literary events of the year. Presented with French text in parallel and a preface by its translator, Ashbery's rendering powerfully evokes the glittering, kaleidoscopic beauty of the original less
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Jeremy Noel-Tod They have this very mysterious, elusive, hallucinatory quality. They’re the product of what Rimbaud said he wanted to do as a poet: the systematic derangement of the senses. But the amazing thing about them is that they are so lucid. T S Eliot called the effect on the reader an instant and simple impression. (Source)
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