Equal parts dark, destructive and brilliant, Maldoror blazed the way for the 20th centurys boldest adventures in art, music and literatureAndr Breton described Maldoror as "the expression of a revelation so complete it seems to exceed human potential." Little is known about its pseudonymous author, aside from his real name (Isidore Ducasse), birth in Uruguay (1846) and early death in Paris (1870). Lautramont bewildered his contemporaries, but the Surrealists modeled their efforts after his black humor and poetic leaps of logic, exemplified by the oftquoted line, "As beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella." Maldoror s shocked first publisher refused to bind the sheets of the original editionand perhaps no better invitation exists to this book, which warns the reader, "Only the few may relish this bitter fruit without danger." This is the only complete annotated collection of Lautramonts writings available in English, in Alexis Lykiards superior translation. For this latest edition, Lykiard updates his introduction to include recent scholarship.

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.; Classification: FA; Weight: 636 g; Dimensions: 203 x 152 x 22

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