Letter to the Americans (Paperback)

In 1949, Jean Cocteau spent twenty days in New York, and began composing on the plane ride home this essay filled with the vivid impressions of his trip. With his unmistakable prose and graceful wit, he compares and contrasts French and American culture: the different values they place on art, literature, liberty, psychology, and dreams. Cocteau sees the incredibly buoyant hopes in America's promise, while at the same time warning of the many ills that the nation will have to confront-its hypocrisy, sexism, racism, and hegemonic aspirations-in order to realize this potential. Never before translated into English, Letter to the Americans remains as timely and urgent as when it was first published in France over seventy years ago.

General

Imprint:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2022
Authors:	Jean Cocteau
Translators:	Alex Wermer-Colan
Dimensions:	185 x 114 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	64
ISBN-13:	978-0-8112-3159-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Travel > Travel writing > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8112-3159-3
Barcode:	9780811231596

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