{"product_id":"a-roll-of-the-dice-paperback","title":"A Roll of the Dice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStéphane Mallarmé\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeff Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRobert Bononno\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreviously only available in hardcover, and after a long period of being unavailable, one of Wave's most popular titles, \u003ci\u003eA Roll of the Dice\u003c\/i\u003e by Stéphane Mallarmé, is now available in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough brilliant collaboration, Robert Bononno and book designer Jeff Clark translated one of Mallarmé's most well-known and visually complex poems into contemporary English language and design. This bilingual softcover edition not only includes Mallarmé's original preface, but also matches the typography of the last round of proofs that Mallarmé was correcting at the time of his death. Clark's presentation is both visually stunning and typographically radical, mirroring the dark mystery of Mallarmé's poem. With a keen understanding of poetics, Bononno's translation offers myriad interpretations, while capturing the visionary spirit of the original. Together, Clark and Bononno have created a singular version of \u003ci\u003eA Roll of the Dice\u003c\/i\u003e that is markedly unique in its attention to the ways layout, design, typeface, and language all contribute to the meaning making of this masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStéphane Mallarmé\u003c\/b\u003e (1842-1898) was born in Paris and lived there for many years. He held salons whose regular visitors included W.B. Yeats, Rainer Maria Rilke, Paul Valéry, Paul Verlaine, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and many others. Mallarmé is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of 19th century French poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Clark \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eRuins and Music and Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the James Laughlin Award), among other works, and has made his living as a book designer for nearly thirty years. He is the designer for Wave Books. His studio, Crisis, is based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he also does some community organizing and radical publishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Bononno \u003c\/b\u003ehas been a freelance translator from the French for more than 20 years. He was an adjunct professor in New York University's Translation Studies program and at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. Bononno is credited with the translation of over a dozen full-length books and numerous shorter pieces. These include René Crevel's \u003ci\u003eMy Body and I\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2005 French-American Foundation Prize, Hervé Guibert's \u003ci\u003eGhost Image\u003c\/i\u003e, and Henri Raczymow's \u003ci\u003eSwan's Way\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2002 he received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to complete a translation of the non-fiction work of Isabelle Eberhardt and in 2010 he received an NEA grant for the retranslation of Eugène Sue's classic crime novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. Bononno's latest translation, Jean Grenier's \u003ci\u003eConsiderations on the Death of a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Turtle Point Press in 2013.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 10.3 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763887309088,"sku":"9781950268948","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/04ad2e4c0db3ed84c0637370995252ea.webp?v=1780241344","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-roll-of-the-dice-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}