Items related to Isidore/30772
Synopsis
Award-winning poet and novelist Jeremy Reed postulates the secret life of Isidore Ducasse, also known as Le Comte de Lautramont, author of Les Chants de Maldoror, the blasphemous text which detonated 19th century literature and later formed one of the cornerstones of Andr Breton's Surrealist manifestos. Reed's dazzling prose leads us through the labyrinthine inner landscapes of one who becomes his own murderous double, illuminating a short but violent life consecrated to insurrection.
Isidore is a truly exceptional and powerful work, an electric testament to the imagination and the importance of 'hallucinated' literature above all other. In the absence of a true biography of Ducasse, it provides an unprecedented insight into the enigma surrounding this legendary figure and the creation of his notorious literary masterpiece.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
Reed is a poet of rich and subversive imagery. In identifying himself with Lautreamont, he succeeds in an uncanny impersonation of the style of that morbid youth. -- The Times
Superb - Jeremy Reed convincingly becomes Isidore Ducasse in this brilliant and exotic re-creation of the world of The Songs of Maldoror...this extraordinary and poetic text. Enthralling and entertaining from first to last. -- J G Ballard
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherDaedalus Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 9994464957
- ISBN 13 9789994464951
- BindingHardcover
(No Available Copies)
Search Books: Create a WantIf you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!
Create a Want
