Luis Bunuel called Péret "the quintessential surrealist poet." Benjamin
Peret is a poet like no other. One of the original group of Surrealists,
he seceded from Dada in 1924 and remained faithful to Surrealist
principles until his death in 1959. His irreverence and incandescent
imagination remain fresh and funny, and they are perfectly captured in
this inspired, idomatic translation.