A Barbarian in Asia

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ISBN-10: 0811222136
ISBN-13: 9780811222136
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date: 05/31/2016
Dimensions: 8.00" L, 5.30" W, 0.60" H

A Barbarian in Asia

byHenri Michaux
Translator: Sylvia Beach

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Price: $15.95

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Henri Michaux (1899-1984), the great French poet and painter, set out as a young man to see the Far East. Traveling from India to the Himalayas, and on to China and Japan, Michaux voices his vivid impressions, cutting opinions, and curious insights: he has no trouble speaking his mind. Part fanciful travelogue and part exploration of culture, A Barbarian in Asia is presented here in its original translation by Sylvia Beach, the famous American-born bookseller in Paris.

  • Henri Michaux (1899–1984) was a highly idiosyncratic Belgian-born poet, writer, and painter who wrote in French. He later took French citizenship. Michaux is best known for his esoteric books written in a highly accessible style, and his body of work includes poetry, travelogues, and art criticism. Michaux travelled widely, tried his hand at several careers, and experimented with drugs, the latter resulting in two of his most intriguing works, Miserable Miracle and The Major Ordeals of the Mind and the Countless Minor Ones.
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Michaux travels via his languages: lines, words, colors, silences, rhythms. And he does not hesitate to break the back of a word, the way a horseman does not hesitate to wind his mount. Language as a vehicle, but also language as a knife and a miner's lamp.–Octavio Paz
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Details

ISBN-10: 0811222136
ISBN-13: 9780811222136
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date: 05/31/2016
Dimensions: 8.00" L, 5.30" W, 0.60" H
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