Illuminations
Arthur Rimbaud (Author), John Ashbery (Translator)
“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
Book Details
- Paperback
- October 2012
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ISBN 978-0-393-34182-9
- 5.6 × 8.3 in
/ 176 pages
- Territory Rights: Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.
Other Formats
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Slipcased and Numbered Limited Edition / Hardcover
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Hardcover
Endorsements & Reviews
“Rimbaud’s
epoch-making poems come through in all their bizarre originality, their
brusque, unsettling freshness.” — John Timpane, Philadelphia Inquirer
“This is a landscape
not only of the imagination, but of an imagination that is still affecting us
profoundly.” — Charles Rosen, New York Review of Books
“Meticulously faithful
yet nimbly inventive. . . . We are fortunate that John Ashbery has . . .
brought to it such care and imaginative resourcefulness.” — Lydia Davis, New York Times Book Review
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