Impressions of Africa
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 André 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…
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Weitere Autoren: Polizzotti, Mark (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-56478-664-7
- EAN: 9781564786647
- Produktnummer: 20449015
- Verlag: Dalkey Archive Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 689 KB
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