{"product_id":"a-tomb-for-anatole-poetry-paperback","title":"A Tomb for Anatole: Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephane Mallarme\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the most moving accounts of a man trying to come to grips with modern death that is to say, death without God, death without hope of salvation and it reveals the secret meaning of Mallarme's whole aesthetic: the elevation of art to the stature of religion.\u003c\/em\u003e Paul Auster, from the Introduction The great French Symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme (1842-1898), who changed the course of modern French literature (and influenced writers from James Joyce to T.S. Eliot to Wallace Stevens), suffered many tragedies. His mother died when he was just five years old, but in 1879 the cruelest blow of all struck when his beloved son Anatole died at the age of eight. \u003cem\u003eA Tomb for Anatole\u003c\/em\u003e presents the 202 fragments of Mallarme's projected long poem in four parts. By far the poet's most personal work, he could never bring himself to complete it. To speak publicly of his immense sorrow, Mallarme concluded, for me, it's not possible. Unpublished in France until 1961, these works are very far from the oblique, cool pure poetry Mallarme is famous for, poetry that sought to capturepainstakingly\u003cem\u003el'absente de tous bouquets\u003c\/em\u003e (the ideal flower absent from all bouquets). Paul Auster, who first published \u003cem\u003eA Tomb for Anatole\u003c\/em\u003e with the North Point Press in 1983 (a volume long out of print), notes in his excellent introduction that facing the ultimate horror of every parent, these fragments have a startling unmediated quality. As Mallarme writes, it is a vision \/ endlessly purified \/ by my tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.94 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757708542240,"sku":"9780811215930","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/44fe10d1a29d881ca6f69be9748592c4.webp?v=1780109692","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-tomb-for-anatole-poetry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}