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THE TESTAMENT
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| By: |
Francois Villon, Anthony Mortimer (Trans) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847493289 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847493286 |
| Publisher: |
ALMA BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
21 November, 2013 |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
Violent, indignant, ribald and often brutally physical, Villon's verse has a formidable satiric thrust, and yet it also encompasses passages of poignant nostalgia and haunting lyric expression, culminating in his digressive autobiographical masterpiece, The Testament, presented here in a new translation and with an introduction by John Banville. |
| Synopsis: |
The most celebrated of French medieval poets, Francois Villon makes poetry out the basest material - the raw urban life of Paris with its petty officials, students, clergy, tradesmen, pimps, whores and thieves. Despite successful studies, the young Villon immersed himself in this world, embarking on a career of petty crime that brought him repeated imprisonment. Condemned to death, but then reprieved and banished from Paris, he disappears from history in 1463, leaving behind a legend of poete maudit that has never lost its fascination. Dual language edition. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Alma Classics |
| Returns: |
Returnable |