Disaster Was My God: A Novel of the Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307742865)

Arthur Rimbaud burst onto the literary scene in 1871 with a startling new voice, transforming himself from an anonymous country boy into the sensation of Paris. His explosive life included a passionate affair with the older (and married) poet Paul Verlaine, and a prosperous career as a trader and arms dealer in Ethiopia. A cancerous leg forced him to return to France, where he died at the age of thirty-seven.

Bruce Duffy takes these astonishing facts and brings them to vivid life in a story rich with humor, exquisite writing, and alarming parallels to our own contemporary moment. Disaster Was My God vividly conveys, as few works ever have, the inner turmoil of this calculating genius, and helps us understand why Rimbaud's work and life continue to influence protean rock legends, from Bob Dylan to Patti Smith.

Author: Bruce Duffy
ISBN-10: 0307742865
ISBN-13: 9780307742865
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 08/07/2012
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d