Raymond Roussel

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 365 pages in a square format, b&w illustrations throughout.

From Publisher:

Biography. Translated from the French by Ian Monk. Raymond Roussel (1877-1933)--poet, novelist, musician, playwright, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, homosexual, drug addict, probable suicide--was an astonishing individual whose life was almost as intriguing as his literary opus. Since his death, Roussel's writings have come to be seen as not only unique, but as a body of work that has aroused enthusiastic appreciation and interpretation from nearly all the major French literary movements that have followed. His works have been championed by the Surrealists, the writers around the Nouveau Roman and the Oulipo, and he is the only author to whom Michel Foucault devoted an entire book. In France, this biography, based upon a huge hoard of Roussel's personal papers discovered in 1989, is acknowledged as the standard work on Roussel's life.

Product Info

ISBN: 1900565110

ISBN-13: 9781900565110

Publisher: Atlas Press

Year: 2001

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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