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"That anyone could translate Nouvelles Impressions d'Afrique at all is unlikely, but that it could be done with such sparkle and brio seems downright mysterious. This version rescues Roussel's bizarre masterpiece from its status as an intriguing rumor and turns it into a valuable resource for contemporary English-speaking readers. Poets especially will be in Mark Ford's debt."--John Ashbery
Introduction 1 Canto I: Damiette: La maison ou Saint Louis fut prisonnier / Damietta: The house where Saint Louis was held prisoner 18 Canto II: Le Champ de bataille des Pyramides / The Battlefield of the Pyramids 62 Canto III: La Colonne qui, lechee jusqu'a ce que la langue saigne, guerit la jaunisse / The column that, when licked until the tongue bleeds, cures jaundice 178 Canto IV: Les Jardins de Rosette vus d'une dahabieh / The Gardens of Rosetta seen from a dahabieh 210