Illuminations

Illuminations

<p><strong>"This may be the most beautiful book in the world, lighted from within and somehow embodying all forms of literature." ―Susan Salter Reynolds, <em>Los Angeles Times</em></strong></p> The modernist masterpiece that is Arthur Rimbaud’s <em>Illuminations</em> has been given new life with the publication of John Ashbery’s “dazzling” (<em>The Economist</em>) new translation, widely hailed as one of the literary events of the year. Presented with French text in parallel and a preface by its translator, Ashbery’s rendering powerfully evokes the glittering, kaleidoscopic beauty of the original