{"product_id":"maldoror-and-the-complete-works-by-comte-de-lautreamont","title":"MALDOROR AND THE COMPLETE WORKS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'André Breton wrote that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaldoror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is “the expression of a revelation so complete it seems to exceed human potential.” Little is known about its pseudonymous author aside from his real name (Isidore Ducasse), birth in Uruguay (1846), and early death in Paris (1870). Lautréamont’s writings bewildered his contemporaries but the Surrealists modelled their efforts after his lawless black humour and poetic leaps of logic, exemplified by the oft-quoted slogan, “As beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting-table of a sewing-machine and an umbrella!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaldoror’s \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshocked first publisher refused to bind the sheets of the original edition… and perhaps no better invitation exists to this book which warns the reader, “Only the few may relish this bitter fruit without danger.” This is the only complete annotated collection of Lautréamont’s writings available in English, in a superior translation.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLes Chants de Maldoror \u003c\/em\u003ewas first published in 1869.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExact Exchange edition, 1994\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition. Minor edge and corner wear, tight and uncreased spine; clean pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Comte Lautréamont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52879780938066,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/2070\/1778\/files\/MALDOROR_NB.png?v=1772821870","url":"https:\/\/pyrebooks.com\/products\/maldoror-and-the-complete-works-by-comte-de-lautreamont","provider":"PYRE BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}