{"product_id":"the-day-on-fire-a-novel-suggested-by-the-life-of-arthur-rimbaud-valancourt-20th-century-classics-paperback","title":"The Day on Fire: A Novel Suggested by the Life of Arthur Rimbaud (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Ramsey Ullman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the age of fifteen, Arthur Rimbaud was already one of the most brilliant poets of his time. And for the next four years - and four only - Rimbaud (the Claude Morel of this book) was simultaneously a writer of genius, a visionary idealist, and a deliberate wallower in gutters of depravity perhaps unmatched in all of human experience. But at the age of nineteen, he was through forever with both writing and debauchery, and at this point, he all but vanished, spending most of his remaining years as a vagabond wanderer through Europe and Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the epic \u003ci\u003eThe Day on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), a masterwork of biographical fiction, James Ramsey Ullman retraces the steps of Rimbaud's life from his rebellious youth in a dull provincial town to his teenage years as a homosexual, drunkard and drug addict in Paris, and his later years, wandering the desert in search of some elusive beauty or truth. As Ullman writes in his Foreword, \"The truth, the inward core, of Rimbaud's life, is a truth for all times, as long as each of us, all of us​, have our nights alone and our days on fire, our seasons in hell and our hope of heaven.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It comes close to being the best book we've ever read.\" - \u003ci\u003eVictoria Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A literary masterpiece ... One of the most forceful novels of our decade.\" - \u003ci\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A haunting tale with an obsessive fascination.\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Shocking ... Ullman has succeeded in making believable a life whose terms would be considered absolutely unbelievable if we did not know that they were true.\" - \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Engrossing ... a tragic life dramatically, poetically and compellingly visualized.\" - \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 664\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51796398899488,"sku":"9781943910441","price":47.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4a41dd4e82fb8fe8fe9d444698f40d09.webp?v=1780756687","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-day-on-fire-a-novel-suggested-by-the-life-of-arthur-rimbaud-valancourt-20th-century-classics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}