{"product_id":"9780374709976","title":"Collected French Translations: Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential, vibrant collection of masterful translations by one of the finest poets at work today \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected French Translations: Prose\u003c\/i\u003e, the second volume in a landmark two-volume selection of John Ashbery's translations, focuses on prose writing. Ashbery's own prose writings and engagement with prose writers—through translations, essays, and criticism—have had a profound impact on the cultural landscape of the past half century. This book presents his versions of, among others, the classic French fairy tale \"The White Cat\" by Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, as well as works by such innovative masters as Raymond Roussel and Giorgio de Chirico. Here are all of Roussel's \u003ci\u003eDocuments to Serve as an Outline\u003c\/i\u003e and extracts from his \u003ci\u003eImpressions of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e; selections from Georges Bataille's darkly erotic first novella, \u003ci\u003eL'abbé C\u003c\/i\u003e; Antonin Artaud's correspondence with the writer Jacques Rivière; Salvador Dalí on Willem de Kooning's art; Jacques Dupin on Giacometti; and key theoretical and conceptual texts by Odilon Redon, Jean Hélion, Iannis Xenakis, and Marcelin Pleynet. Several of these twenty-nine prose pieces, by seventeen fiction writers, playwrights, artists, musicians, and critics, are previously unpublished or have been long unavailable. Many are modern classics, such as Pierre Reverdy's \u003ci\u003eHaunted House\u003c\/i\u003e. This book provides fresh insight into the range of French cultural influence on Ashbery's life and work in literature and the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118576845040,"sku":"9780374709976","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374709976_p0.jpg?v=1769917128","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374709976","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}