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      Isidore

      by Jeremy Reed
      Published
      May 1996
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      144
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      Award-winning poet and novelist Jeremy Reed postulates the secret life of Isidore Ducasse, also known as Le Comte de Lautreamont, author of Les Chants de Maldoror, the blasphemous text which detonated 19th century literature and later formed one of the cornerstones of Andre Breton's Surrealist manifestos. Reed's dazzling prose leads us through the labyrinthine inner landscapes of one who becomes his own murderous double, illuminating a short but violent life consecrated to insurrection.

      Isidore is a truly exceptional and powerful work, an electric testament to the imagination and the importance of 'hallucinated' literature above all other. In the absence of a true biography of Ducasse, it provides an unprecedented insight into the enigma surrounding this legendary figure and the creation of his notorious literary masterpiece.

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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      First Edition May 1996 Creation Books ISBN13 9781871592429 ISBN10 1871592429
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      Nov 1992 Peter Owen Ltd ISBN13 9780720608311 ISBN10 0720608317
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      Feb 2014 ISBN10 B00IJHW92S
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