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A Season in Abyssinia - An Impersonation of Arthur Rimbaud (Paperback, Main)
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A Season in Abyssinia - An Impersonation of Arthur Rimbaud (Paperback, Main)
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Marseilles, 1891: as Arthur Rimbaud lies dying in hospital, his
mind wanders fitfully - taking him back to Commune-era Paris, and
the scandalous life he led with Verlaine. But, above all, he is
transported to Harar, Abyssinia, where he ventured in 1880 to seek
his fortune, having chucking in the disreputable game of writing
poetry... Paul Strathern's second novel, published in 1972, won a
Somerset Maugham Award both for its superb evocation of the colour,
squalor and hurlyburly of Harar and for its inspired
'impersonation' of Rimbaud - restless, ragged self-overcomer,
would-be explorer-imperialist, and genius poet repulsed by his past
literary life. In a new preface to this edition Strathern discusses
the mercurial personality of Rimbaud, his novel's bold shifts
between first and third person, and his own travels in East Africa
that informed the book.
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Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2014 |
Authors: |
Paul Strathern
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Dimensions: |
198 x 126 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
320 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-31490-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-571-31490-2 |
Barcode: |
9780571314904 |
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