Impressions of Africa

Raymond Roussel, Mark Polizzotti

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Dalkey Archive Press
11 August 2011

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

Series: French Literature Series

The long-awaited new translation of the most dazzling and unclassifiable work of fiction in any language.

In a mythical African land, some shipwrecked and uniquely talented passengers stage a grand gala to entertain themselves and their captor, the great chieftain Talou. In performance after bizarre performance-starring, among others, a zither-playing worm, a marksman who can peel an egg at fifty yards, a railway car that rolls on calves' lungs, and fabulous machines that paint, weave, and compose music-Raymond Roussel demonstrates why it is that Andr Breton termed him ""the greatest mesmerizer of modern times."" But even more remarkable than the mindbending events Roussel details-as well as their outlandish, touching, or tawdry backstories-is the principle behind the novel's genesis, a complex system of puns and double-entendres that anticipated (and helped inspire) such movements as Surrealism and Oulipo. Newly translated and with an introduction by Mark Polizzotti, this edition of Impressions of Africa vividly restores the humor, linguistic legerdemain, and conceptual wonder of Raymond Roussel's magnum opus.

By: Raymond Roussel
Translated by: Mark Polizzotti
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 371g
ISBN: 9781564786241
ISBN 10: 1564786242
Series: French Literature Series
Pages: 279
Publication Date: 11 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Raymond Roussel (1877-1933), born in Paris, was a French novelist, playwright, and poet. Unpopular during his lifetime, his works were highly influential to the Surrealist movement and the development of the nouveau roman. Mark Polizzotti is the translator of more than thirty books from the French. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The Nation. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews for Impressions of Africa

It is true that there is hidden in Roussel something so strong, so ominous and so pregnant with the darkness of the infinite spaces . . . that one feels the need for some sort of protective equipment when one reads him. --John Ashbery