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Bestiary: Or the Parade of Orpheus
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Manufacturer: David R Godine
Author: Guillaume Apollinaire
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Bestiary: Or the Parade of Orpheus Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 841.912
EAN: 9781567921427
ISBN: 1567921426
Label: David R Godine
Manufacturer: David R Godine
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 96
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher: David R Godine
Studio: David R Godine
Dewey Decimal Number: 841.912
EAN: 9781567921427
ISBN: 1567921426
Label: David R Godine
Manufacturer: David R Godine
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 96
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher: David R Godine
Studio: David R Godine
Editorial Review of Bestiary: Or the Parade of Orpheus
An early and influential champion of cubism, the friend of Braque, Picasso, Dufy, Rousseau and Marie Laurencin (who became his mistress), Apollinaire was a seminal figure in the revolutionary art style known as "Surrealism," a term that he coined some seven years before Breton formally founded the movement.
In this charming book, published in 1910 and embellished with the graphically sophisticated and totally appropriate woodcuts of Dufy, we find the poet at his most accessible. His quatrains, printed in Dante italic and felicitously translated by Pepe Karmel, present a voice that ranges from the colloquial to the impassioned, a brisk combination of lyric imagery and bawdy humor (not surprising for a poet who, after a pious adolescence, supported himself by writing pornography). This is a small bijou of a livre de peintre, a lovely and lively ensemble of accessible poetry and striking woodcut art.
In this charming book, published in 1910 and embellished with the graphically sophisticated and totally appropriate woodcuts of Dufy, we find the poet at his most accessible. His quatrains, printed in Dante italic and felicitously translated by Pepe Karmel, present a voice that ranges from the colloquial to the impassioned, a brisk combination of lyric imagery and bawdy humor (not surprising for a poet who, after a pious adolescence, supported himself by writing pornography). This is a small bijou of a livre de peintre, a lovely and lively ensemble of accessible poetry and striking woodcut art.
Customer Reviews of Bestiary: Or the Parade of Orpheus
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Review Summary: A Gem of a Book
Review: This is as close as I've found to a perfect book of poems. Each idea is short, thoughtful, and often humorously absurd. The translator, Pepe Karmel, lays the French verse underneath the English on each page, which is useful for any bilingual readers. For those who only read English, Karmel's translations beautifully capture Apollinaire's succinctness and wit, and (when possible) his rhymes. One of my favorites:
The Dromedary
With his four dromedaries
Don Pedro D'Alfarubeyra
Traveled the world and marveled.
He did what I would do,
If I had four dromedaries.
The book also has gorgeous woodcut illustrations by Raoul Dufy. It's really a gem.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An inexpensive paperback of a wonderful volume.
Review: As an art student I am unable to purchase ... books, I was delighted with my purchase of this paperback version of Apollinaire's Parade of Orpheus, I am also thrilled with the translation and quality of the reproduction of Dufy's woodcuts.
Review Summary: A Gem of a Book
Review: This is as close as I've found to a perfect book of poems. Each idea is short, thoughtful, and often humorously absurd. The translator, Pepe Karmel, lays the French verse underneath the English on each page, which is useful for any bilingual readers. For those who only read English, Karmel's translations beautifully capture Apollinaire's succinctness and wit, and (when possible) his rhymes. One of my favorites:
The Dromedary
With his four dromedaries
Don Pedro D'Alfarubeyra
Traveled the world and marveled.
He did what I would do,
If I had four dromedaries.
The book also has gorgeous woodcut illustrations by Raoul Dufy. It's really a gem.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An inexpensive paperback of a wonderful volume.
Review: As an art student I am unable to purchase ... books, I was delighted with my purchase of this paperback version of Apollinaire's Parade of Orpheus, I am also thrilled with the translation and quality of the reproduction of Dufy's woodcuts.