A screenplay set in Paris in the late 1800s and featuring two celebrated poets. Paul Verlaine is a volatile alcoholic torn between his lovely yet conventional wife and the seductive and brilliant Arthur Rimbaud, whose life and poetry is fuelled by an insatiable hunger for intense experience.
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Christopher Hampton was born in the Azores in 1946. He wrote his first play, When Did You Last See My Mother? at the age of eighteen. Since then, his plays have included The Philanthropist, Savages, Tales from Hollywood, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, White Chameleon and The Talking Cure. He has translated plays by Ibsen, Molière, von Horváth, Chekhov and Yasmina Reza (including Art and Life x 3). His television work includes adaptations of The History Man and Hotel du Lac. His screenplays include The Honorary Consul, The Good Father, Dangerous Liaisons, Mary Reilly, Total Eclipse, The Quiet American, Carrington, The Secret Agent and Imagining Argentina, the last three of which he also directed, and most recently A Dangerous Method, based on his play The Talking Cure.
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Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Hard Cover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Good ++. First Edition. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 87 pages; very gently used ex-library copy; book has traces of tape residue on covers, several rubber stamps (but no labels), card pocket securely fastened to free back endpaper, but barely a hint of shelf wear (spine gilt lettering very bright and clear), text pages very clean and unmarked; DJ has spine label, tape residue inside, gently bumped along edges (but no chips or tears), overall bright, clean and attractive. Seller Inventory # 027799
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Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 87 pages. dj chipped and worn Traces relationship between Rimbaud and Verlaine the French symbolist poets. Seller Inventory # 1437c
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Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Seller Inventory # 9743876
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Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:0571089186. Seller Inventory # 8992354
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Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition Thus. 1969 Faber first thus edition paperback; good+ copy, appears unread, covers are age-darkened, name on fep; note cover may not be as pictured; UK dealer, immediate dispatch. Seller Inventory # J3109n
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