Impressions of Africa

In a mythical African land, some shipwrecked and uniquely talented passengers stage a grand gala to entertain...
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Author: Raymond Roussel
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Impressions of Africa by Roussel, Raymond

Impressions of Africa

$32.28

Impressions of Africa

$32.28
Author: Raymond Roussel
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.



Author: Raymond Roussel
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 06/29/2011
Pages: 279
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.54w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9781564786241


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/25/2011

About the Author
Roussel, Raymond: - Raymond Roussel, ne a Paris, le 20 janvier 1877 et mort a Palerme, en Italie, le 14 juillet 1933, est un ecrivain, dramaturge et poete francais.Polizzotti, Mark: - Mark Polizzotti is the translator of more than thirty books from the French. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The Nation. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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