This is the story of Rimbaud's 'lost years', the years after he turned his back on poetry, and fame, and France, for a life of wandering and obscurity in the wilds of East Africa. In this compelling biographical study, Charles Nicholl pieces together the shadowy story of Rimbaud's life as a trader, explorer and gun-runner in Africa. We follow his trail across the Somali desert, through the backstreets of Djibouti, and into the highlands of Ethiopia. We glimpse him with his Abyssinian mistress in Aden; walking the souks of Cairo with twenty pounds of gold round his waist; crossing the Danakil desert with a camel-train of Remington rifles. The journey leads also into the strange psychological terrain of Rimbaud's obsessive desire to escape, to disappear. For in Africa, as Charles Nicholl shows in this fascinating book, Rimbaud seems to have lived out that mysterious pronouncement of his teenage years: 'Je est un autre' - I is someone else...
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Charles Nicholl's books include two acclaimed travel books, The Fruit Palace and Borderlines, The Reckoning - an investigation into the murder of Chirstopher Marlowe, for which he won the Crime Writers' Association Non-fiction Gold Dagger Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and The Creature in the Map.
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This is the story of Rimbaud's 'lost years', the years after he turned his back on poetry, and fame, and France, for a life of wandering and obscurity in the wilds of East Africa. In this compelling biographical study, Charles Nicholl pieces together the shadowy story of Rimbaud's life as a trader, explorer and gun-runner in Africa. We follow his trail across the Somali desert, through the backstreets of Djibouti, and into the highlands of Ethiopia. We glimpse him with his Abyssinian mistress in Aden; walking the souks of Cairo with twenty pounds of gold round his waist; crossing the Danakil desert with a camel-train of Remington rifles. The journey leads also into the strange psychological terrain of Rimbaud's obsessive desire to escape, to disappear. For in Africa, as Charles Nicholl shows in this fascinating book, Rimbaud seems to have lived out that mysterious pronouncement of his teenage years: 'Je est un autre' - I is someone else. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR001849751
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and smudging as well as bumping.Binding is sound. Endpages have light scuffing and smudging. Page edges have light smudging and soiling. Interior pages are lightly smudged. Secure packaging for safe delivery. N° de réf. du vendeur 1668000897
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 335pp., b/w illus., map, sources, index. Minor spotting to edges and endpapers. Text block lightly age-toned. Otherwise excellent tight clean copy. GL. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1618285063252
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Jacket Condition: 'Near Fine' Condition: 'Near Fine'. N° de réf. du vendeur 9784442
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Condition Notes: Insignificant age-toning to the edges of the text block; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over purple boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1.2 kg); pp 335; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Maps; List of sources; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #201661 ||. N° de réf. du vendeur 201661
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Vendeur : Houtman Boeken, Utrecht, Pays-Bas
Etat : fine. 1997, 334pp, nette hardcover met stofomslag. N° de réf. du vendeur 230893195
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Vendeur : Global Village Books, Bundall, QLD, Australie
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. xvi,335pp, index, map, photos. Size: 8vo. N° de réf. du vendeur 319867
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition 1997. Near-fine hardback copy in Near-fine jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 042693
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