Abba Abba

Anthony Burgess

ISBN 10: 0749390387 / ISBN 13: 9780749390389

Edité par Minerva, 1989

N° de réf. du vendeur 0749390387-4-33711378

Synopsis :

A story which presents an interesting what-if proposition concerning two poets, John Keats and Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli, who may or may not have met in Rome in 1820-1821. Burgess' other novels include "A Clockwork Orange" and "Earthly Powers".

Présentation de l'éditeur: ABBA ABBA is about two poets who may or may not have met in Rome in 1820-1821. One was John Keats, who was dying in a house on the Spanish Steps. The other was Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli a great poet, little known outside Rome, since he wrote in the rough, dirty, blasphemous dialect of the Roman streets. The first part of the book is about Keats and Belli. The second part presents Belli himself as poet, translated by Mr Burgess. If Belli knew Keats, did Keats influence him? If Keats knew Belli, would Keats, if he had lived, have become a sort of English Belli? Hard and unanswerable questions. Anthony Burgess means his book merely to be enjoyable and perhaps touching.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Abba Abba
Éditeur : Minerva
Date d'édition : 1989
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Fair