Paroles; Selected Poems.

Prevert, Jacques; Lawrence Ferlinghetti

ISBN 10: 0872860426 / ISBN 13: 9780872860421

Published by San Francisco, City Lights Books., 1990

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing as the publisher's Pocket Poets Series No. 9, parallel text with the original French opposite the English translation by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. -- Softcover, 159 pages. Condition: near fine (owner name). ISBN 0872860426.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paroles; Selected Poems.
• Publisher: San Francisco, City Lights Books.
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0872860426
• ISBN 13: 9780872860421
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

In the years immediately following World War II, Jacques Prevert spoke directly to and for the French who had come of age during the German Occupation. First published in 1946 by Les Editions de Minuit, a press with its origins in the Underground, PAROLES met with enormous success, and there were several hundred thousand copies in print by the time these first translations in English were published by City Lights in 1958. Today Prevert speaks out in a voice still attuned to our times, for the human condition (which is always his focus) has not changed. In fact, man's inhumanity to man would seem to have intensified, making these poems ever more touching, ever more prescient. Jacques Prevert (1900-1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poetry is popular in French education and is films formed a part of the poetic realist movement.

About the Author

Jacques Prévert (1900-1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poetry is popular in French education and is films formed a part of the poetic realist movement.