Les Onze Milles Verges: Or the Amorous Adventures of Prince Mony Vibescu (Peter Owen Modern Classics) - Softcover

Apollinaire, Guillaume

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0720611008 ISBN 13: 9780720611007

Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

In 1907 Guillaume Apollinaire, one of the most original and influential poets of the twentieth century, turned his hand to the novel. He produced two books for the clandestine market. The finer of these was Les Onze Mille Verges. One of the most masterful and hilarious erotic novels of all time, it was once owlishly pronounced by Picasso to be Apollinaire's masterpiece.
For nearly seventy years this novel remained a legend. In 1973 the definitive version was published in France, on which edition The Times Literary Supplement commented: 'The rutting is non-stop. Who else would have turned a twosome into a foursome by the arrival of two randy burglars? Even when turning his hand to a dirty novel, Apollinaire was very much Apollinaire.'

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Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0720611008
• ISBN 13: 9780720611007
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128