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Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud

thewhimsicalowl's review against another edition

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4.0

"Everything turned to shadow and a passionate aquarium. In the morning, a bellicose dawn in June, I ran to the fields."

Reading a Rimbaud poem gives me the same sensation as gazing at a Surrealist painting.

"Adagio—Ah! The endless egoism of adolescence, studious optimism: how full of flowers the world was that summer! Dying songs and shapes... A choir, to calm helplessness and absence! A choir of glasses, of nocturnal tunes."

"Wise music is missing from our desire."

morning_room's review against another edition

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5.0

Départ dans l'affection et le bruit neufs! En effet les nerfs vont vite chasser.

declnlynch's review against another edition

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4.0

pecca di questa edizione è il commento critico, che a risulta scarno

spacecyanide's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-paced

3.5

krhe's review against another edition

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2.0

Me la ha sudado bastante ngl. Se siente como meterse en la app de notas de un adolescente con aires de grandeza, pero no da la sensación de darse cuenta de que esa es la gracia y se toma a sí mismo demasiado en serio. Ha habido un par de fragmentos que me han gustado, pero en general tampoco es para tanto. Imagino que de forma contextual sería más escandaloso y que en el momento los franceses estaban ofendidos y no aprobaban, pero mis referentes literarios se parecen tanto que tampoco me ha sorprendido casi nada. 

Me han gustado las ilustraciones, eso sí, y a lo mejor esperaba que los textos dieran esa misma sensación, pena. 

aceface's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

ajza's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective fast-paced

2.0

gabrielrobartes's review against another edition

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5.0

Coruscating, revitalising stuff. Half poetry, half space opera.

poetio's review against another edition

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3.5

not my favorite but liked that women weren't completely excluded or ridiculed. fun allusions to greek mythology, some evocative phrases