Blaise Cendrars: The Invention of Life (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781789145205)

A new account of the life and work of innovative, pseudonymous French poet, novelist, essayist, and film writer Blaise Cendrars.

In 1912 the young Fr馘駻ic-Louis Sauser arrived in France, carrying an experimental poem and a new identity. Blaise Cendrars was born. Over the next half-century, Cendrars wrote innovative poems, novels, essays, film scripts, and autobiographical prose. His groundbreaking books and collaborations with artists such as Sonia Delaunay and Fernand L馮er remain astonishingly modern today. Cendrars's writings reflect his insatiable curiosity, his vast knowledge, which was largely self-taught, and his love of everyday life.

In this new account, Eric Robertson examines Cendrars's work against a turbulent historical background and reassesses his contribution to twentieth-century literature. Robertson shows how Cendrars is as relevant today as ever and deserves a wider readership in the English-speaking world.

Author: Eric Robertson
ISBN-10: 1789145201
ISBN-13: 9781789145205
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2022
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.22w x 1.34d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2023