Rue Traversiere

"First published in French as Rue traversiaere by Yves Bonnefoy A Mercure de France, 1977"--Title page verso.

About the author

Yves Bonnefoy (1923-2016) is recognized as the greatest French poet of the past fifty years. By the time of his death, he had published eleven major collections of poetry in verse and prose, several books of tales, and numerous studies of literature and art. Beverley Bie Brahic is an award-winning poet and translator. A Canadian, she lives in Paris and Stanford, California.

Summary

Yves Bonnefoy is considered as foremost French poet of his generation. This title features both epigrammatic concision and narratives that meander with the poet's thought as he struggles to understand and express some of the undercurrents of human life. It also includes Bonnefoy childhood cityscapes and explores the tricks memory plays on us.

Product details

• Authors: Yves Bonnefoy
• Assisted by: Beverley Bie Brahic (Translation)
• Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2015
• EAN: 9780857422279
• ISBN: 978-0-85742-227-9
• No. of pages: 88
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 21 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Series: French List; Seagull Books - The French Lis; French List; Seagull Books - The French Lis; The French List - (Seagull titles CHUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies