A Barbarian in Asia - Couverture souple

Michaux, Henri

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811222136 ISBN 13 : 9780811222136

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2016

Synopsis

Henri Michaux (1899-1984), the great French poet and painter, set out as a young man to see the Far East. Traveling from India to the Himalayas, and on to China and Japan, Michaux voices his vivid impressions, cutting opinions, and curious insights: he has no trouble speaking his mind. Part fanciful travelogue and part exploration of culture, A Barbarian in Asia is presented here in its original translation by Sylvia Beach, the famous American-born bookseller in Paris.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Henri Michaux (1899-1984), born in Belgium, studied mysticism as a young man and traveled throughout South America and Asia before settling in Paris. He wrote more than twenty volumes of poetry and prose and showed paintings he created under the influence of mescaline. In 1965 he was awarded the French National Prize for Letters but refused the award, saying that it threatened his independence.

Founder of the Left Bank bookstore Shakespeare and Co., Sylvia Beach was a luminary in the Parisian literary scene and the first publisher of Ulysses by James Joyce.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811222136
• ISBN 13: 9780811222136
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 198
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible