Description
Composed of 150 poems, with a title taken from Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, and partly a response to the poetry of Raymond Queneau, this collection explores Jacques Roubaud's many poetic modes. He skips from the strict form of the sonnet to the freedom of prose poetry without abandoning the melancholy playfulness that has defined his lengthy writing career. A selection of Roubaud's best recent work, The Form of a City describes not only Paris, but also its people, its writers (and those of the Oulipo in particular), its monumental past, and its unsteady response to change.
A sometimes mocking, sometimes poignant tribute to the City of Light.
About the Author
Jacques Roubaud, born in 1932, has been a professor of mathematics at the University of Paris X Nanterre. He is one of the most accomplished members of the Oulipo, the workshop for experimental literature founded by Raymond Queneau and Francois Le Lionnais. He is the author of numerous books of prose, theatre and poetry.
Book Information
ISBN 9781564783837
Author Jacques Roubaud
Format Paperback
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
A sometimes mocking, sometimes poignant tribute to the City of Light.
About the Author
Jacques Roubaud, born in 1932, has been a professor of mathematics at the University of Paris X Nanterre. He is one of the most accomplished members of the Oulipo, the workshop for experimental literature founded by Raymond Queneau and Francois Le Lionnais. He is the author of numerous books of prose, theatre and poetry.
Book Information
ISBN 9781564783837
Author Jacques Roubaud
Format Paperback
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
