A Season in Hell & Illuminations
Author: Arthur Rimbaud
Desc: “The definitive translation for our time.” –Edward Hirsch From Dante’s Inferno to Sartre’s No Exit writers have been fascinated by visions of damnation. Within that rich literature of suffering Arthur Rimbaud’s A Season in Hell–written when the poet was nineteen–provides an astonishing example of the grapple with self. As a companion to Rimbaud’s journey readers could have no better guide than Wyatt Mason. One of our most talented young translators and critics Mason’s new version of A Season in Hell renders the music and mystery of Rimbaud’s tale of Hell on Earth with exceptional finesse and power. This bilingual edition includes maps a helpful chronology of Rimbaud’s life and the unfinished suite of prose poems Illuminations and A Season in Hell cement Rimbaud’s reputation as one of the foremost and most influential writers in French literature.