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

Overview

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.

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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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