The form of a city changes faster, alas, than the human heart
Subtitle: one hundred fifty poems (1991-1998)
By: Jacques Roubaud ; translation by Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop.
Contributors: Waldrop, Keith.; Waldrop, Rosmarie.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Normal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Paris (France) -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry.
Work titles: Forme d'une ville change plus vite, hélas, que le cœur des humains.
Description: "Composed of 150 poems, with a title taken from Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, and partly a response to the poetry of Raymond Queneau, this collection explores Jacques Roubaud's many poetic modes. He skips from the strict form of the sonnet to the freedom of prose poetry without abandoning the melancholy playfulness that has defined his lengthy writing career. A selection of Roubaud's best recent work, The Form of a City describes not only Paris, but also its people, its writers (and those of the Oulipo in particular), its monumental past, and its unsteady response to change."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Translated from the French.