The longawaited new translation of the most dazzling and unclassifiable work of fiction in any language. In a mythical African land, some shipwrecked and uniquely talented passengers stage a grand gala to entertain themselves and their captor, the great chieftain Talou. In performance after bizarre performancestarring, among others, a zitherplaying worm, a marksman who can peel an egg at fifty yards, a railway car that rolls on calves lungs, and fabulous machines that paint, weave, and compose musicRaymond Roussel demonstrates why it is that Andreeacute Breton termed him "the greatest mesmerizer of modern times." But even more remarkable than the mindbending events Roussel detailsas well as their outlandish, touching, or tawdry backstoriesis the principle behind the novels genesis, a complex system of puns and doubleentendres that anticipated (and helped inspire) such movements as Surrealism and Oulipo. Newly translated and with an introduction by Mark Polizzotti, this edition of Impressions of Africa vividly restores the humor, linguistic legerdemain, and conceptual wonder of Raymond Roussels magnum opus.

Binding: Paperback;306 pages; Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing; Classification: FC; Weight: 502 g; Dimensions: 203 x 142 x 23

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