{"product_id":"vulturnus","title":"Vulturnus","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eVulturnus\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLeon-Paul Fargue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781939663924\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eWakefield Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNearly 100 years later, a landmark post-Symbolist poem receives its first English translation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen published in 1928, \u003ci\u003eVulturnus\u003c\/i\u003e represented a new direction in Léon-Paul Fargue's writing: a shift from the lyrical post-Symbolist melancholy of his early poetry to something more grandiose, dynamic and cosmic. This long prose poem weaves together philosophical dialogue, metaphysical meditation and mournful reminiscence delivered in a language that spirals into scientific terminology and Rabelaisian neologism. Jolted into a nightmare aboard a long-distance train journey, the author finds himself on a voyage that takes him from his hometown to other existences, accompanied by the fanfare of the planets and two companions--Pierre Pellegrin and Joseph Ausudre--who guide him to a terrestrial paradise in quest of a moment of eternity. This first English translation finally introduces an essential yet underrecognized 20th-century voice and includes an essay on the text by René Daumal, who declares that \"\u003ci\u003eVulturnus\u003c\/i\u003e suffocates me with its obviousness ... I see behind Fargue the great frame of Doctor Faustroll.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLéon-Paul Fargue\u003c\/b\u003e (1876-1947) was a French Symbolist poet and essayist. He was a preeminent figure of the Parisian art scene and counted Marcel Proust and Maurice Ravel among his friends. Walter Benjamin called him \"the greatest living poet in France.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Wakefield Press","offers":[{"title":"Vulturnus | Leon-Paul Fargue | Paperback | 9781939663924 | New | Poetry 1606054","offer_id":50676167672066,"sku":"1606054","price":29.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61MJMRf_WfL.jpg?v=1791353332","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/vulturnus","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}