Raymond Roussel

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Impressions of AfricaPaperback, 29 June 2011

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Part of Series
French Literature
Print Length
279 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Date Published
29 Jun 2011
ISBN-10
1564786242
ISBN-13
9781564786241

Description

In a mythical African land, some shipwrecked and uniquely talented passengers stage a grand gala to entertain themselves and their captor, the great chieftain Talou. In performance after bizarre performance--starring, among others, a zither-playing worm, a marksman who can peel an egg at fifty yards, a railway car that rolls on calves' lungs, and fabulous machines that paint, weave, and compose music--Raymond Roussel demonstrates why it is that Andr? Breton termed him "the greatest mesmerizer of modern times." But even more remarkable than the mind-bending events Roussel details--as well as their outlandish, touching, or tawdry backstories--is the principle behind the novel's genesis, a complex system of puns and double-entendres that anticipated (and helped inspire) such movements as Surrealism and Oulipo. Newly translated and with an introduction by Mark Polizzotti, this edition of "Impressions of Africa" vividly restores the humor, linguistic legerdemain, and conceptual wonder of Raymond Roussel's magnum opus.

Product Details

Author:
Raymond Roussel
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
29 June 2011
Dimensions:
20.24 x 14.07 x 2.21 cm
Genre:
African
ISBN-10:
1564786242
ISBN-13:
9781564786241
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
279
Weight:
371.95 gm

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