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ONE TOSS OF THE DICE THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF HOW A POEM MADE US MODERN
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| By: |
R. Howard Bloch |
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Hardback |
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£21.99 |
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£18.69 |
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£3.30 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0871406632 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780871406637 |
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| Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
| Pub. date: |
8 November, 2016 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
In the tradition of The Swerve, this thrilling, detective-like work of literary history reveals how a poem created the world we live in today. |
| Synopsis: |
The forerunner of our digital age, a French poem about a shipwreck published in 1897, with its mind-bending possibilities of being read up and down, backwards and forwards, even sideways, launched modernism. Stephane Mallarme's "One Toss of the Dice" has for over a century tantalised everyone from physicists to composers to graphic artists. R. Howard Bloch decodes the poem still considered among the most enigmatic ever written. Creating a shimmering portrait of Belle-epoque Paris with a cast of exotic characters-Napoleon III, the Lumiere brothers, Auguste Rodin, Berthe Morisot, even an expatriate American dentist, Bloch positions Mallarme as the spiritual giant of late-nineteenth-century France. Featuring a new translation of the poem by J.D. McClatchy, One Toss of the Dice reveals how a masterpiece shaped our perceptual world. |
| Illustrations: |
15 illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Liveright Publishing Corporation |
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Returnable |
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