| Hitting the Streets Contributor(s): Queneau, Raymond (Author), Galvin, Rachel (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1847771572 ISBN-13: 9781847771575 Publisher: Carcanet Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - French |
| Dewey: 841 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Taxi drivers, street sweepers, a bouquiniste, unsuccessful prostitutes, a menaced bicycle rider, noisy children, an old woman shunted aside in a crowd, and some disgruntled animals at the zoo populate these poems. Unreeling like a series of clips recorded during a stroll through Paris, the book is wickedly funny, but it is also a bittersweet meditation on how "the river of forgetfulness carries away the city." This is the poet's love letter to Paris--a Paris that is always in the process of becoming superannuated. Rachel Galvin's lively, idiomatic version is the first complete translation available in English. |