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Raymond Roussel: Life, Death and Works
This title features a collection of essays on the life and works of Roussel with contributions by Andre Breton, Salvador Dali, Michel Leiris, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Leonardo Sciascia, and many others.
158 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1987
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June 9, 2008
I am beginning to think that Raymond Roussel may be the most important writer in Literature - and yet, try to find one of his books! The U.K. is the best spot to locate his novels like "Impressions of Africa," but other wise he is merely an eccentric legend. But what a mind he had and what a world he lived in. This is great art from a man who cut himself off the world as much as possible, yet he transformed his surroundings into something special, strange and really great. Good collection of essays on the man and his work.
November 8, 2010
Sorry .... I actually read Francoise Caradec's biography. Atlas Arkhive 8. Truly exhaustive and essential reading. His discipline in the degree of focus (or detachment) required to avoid that which others had seen or done is stunning. Is his work the only true fiction?
February 11, 2008
If you only need/want one book on Roussel I'd go with this one, but then again you probably should buy all his books and make a special shelf for them next to your bed.
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