Illuminations

This may be the most beautiful book in the world, lighted from within and somehow embodying all forms of literature." Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times The modernist masterpiece that is Arthur Rimbauds Illuminations has been given new life with the publication of John Ashberys dazzling (The Economist) 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, Ashberys rendering powerfully evokes the glittering, kaleidoscopic beauty of the original