Octaves: A Paris Labyrinth Contributor(s): Watson, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1760414891 ISBN-13: 9781760414894 Publisher: Debbie Lee OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
Physical Information: 0.29" H x 5.06" W x 7.81" (0.30 lbs) 134 pages |
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Publisher Description: In Montparnasse between the wars, Kiki, 'Queen of Montparnasse', danced and sang; Pr vert created Baptiste there; Desnos travelled astrally, then woke to harvest the crop; painters - Kisling, Pascin, Foujita, Modigliani, Derain and others - laboured and partied there; Bronia came from Holland, destined to meet Radiguet, Cocteau's Boy Wonder; later she would marry Ren Clair; Satie opened umbrellas there, always hoping for rain. There are triumphs, infatuations, liaisons, marriages, deaths. As the Carousel of Montparnasse turns, John Watson deftly notes its music - like Anton Walbrook in La Ronde or Jean Renoir in Les Enfants du Paradis. The octave 'at once same and different, like a waterfall' suggests the verse form, as unvarying as Ravel's Bolero and orchestrated in two thousand tetrameters |