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Description for Paroles
paperback. Translator(s): Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
In the years immediately following World War II, Jacques Prevert spoke directly to and for the French who had come of age during the German Occupation. First published in 1946 by Les Editions de Minuit, a press with its origins in the Underground, PAROLES met with enormous success, and there were several hundred thousand copies in print by the time these first translations in English were published by City Lights in 1958. Today Prevert speaks out in a voice still attuned to our times, for the human condition (which is always his focus) has not changed. In fact, man's ... Read more
In the years immediately following World War II, Jacques Prevert spoke directly to and for the French who had come of age during the German Occupation. First published in 1946 by Les Editions de Minuit, a press with its origins in the Underground, PAROLES met with enormous success, and there were several hundred thousand copies in print by the time these first translations in English were published by City Lights in 1958. Today Prevert speaks out in a voice still attuned to our times, for the human condition (which is always his focus) has not changed. In fact, man's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
City Lights Publishers 1974
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
City Lights Pocket Poets Series
Number of Pages
159
Place of Publication
Monroe, OR, United States
ISBN
9780872860421
SKU
KMK0025833
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Jacques Prevert
Jacques Prévert (1900-1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poetry is popular in French education and is films formed a part of the poetic realist movement.
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