Description

A phenomenonally precocious schoolboy, Rimbaud was still a teenager when he became notorious as Europe’s most shocking and exhilarating poet. This book sets the two sides of Rimbaud side by side with a translation of his exhilarating poetry and a selection of the letters from the harsh and colourful period of his life as a colonial trader.

Arthur Rimbaud (1854-91) is one of France’s most controversial and influential poets. His works include A Season in Hell and Illuminations.

Jeremy Harding is Senior Editor at the London Review of Books, a translator, and journalist. He is currently working on a book about being adopted.

John Sturrock is Consulting Editor for the London Review of Books, a literary critic, travel writer, and translator. His translations for Penguin include novels by Stendhal and Hugo, and one volume of the new Proust translation: Sodom and Gomorrah.