Poetry. "A few lines cannot do justice to this sumptuous collection for poetry lovers, FAMILY ARCHAEOLOGY is a feast. Exquisite smaller works peep out among the overwhelming plentitudes of the three long sequences that make up most of the book; but these are so compelling, original and generous--not to say witty, sexy and moving--that each well deserves a full-length essay of appreciation"--Harry Matthews. Ian Monk was born near London but now lives in France. He is a poet and translator and has been a member of Oulipo since 1998.

FAMILY ARCHAEOLOGY

Literature & Fiction

Monk, Ian

Poetry

Make Now Press

Poetry. "From the hilarious univocalisms of "Homage to Georges Perec" to the dizzying "information" provided in the literally falling "Twin Towers," Ian Monk demonstrates that Oulipo is by no means only--or even primarily--a French import; on the contrary, its possibilities for Anglophone poets are enormous. Monk's sheer inventiveness and intellectual agility, his verbal wit and prosodic skill will have you chuckling over his "Snowballs" and marveling at his anagrammatic threnodies. Writings for the Oulipo is a book to savor--good to the last drop!"--

Writings for the Oulipo

Blood-Red Rivers

Pierre Niemans and Karim Abdouf, two highly uncoventional policmen, join forces to solve murders in the French Alps.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Grange,Jean-Christophe

Mystery

Harvill Pr

Louis Antioch, a young French scholar, undertakes a mission at the invitation of wealthy Swiss ornithologist Max Boehm to trace the twelve-thousand-mile migration of the storks from northern Europe to Central Africa after the birds mysteriously vanish one year, but his journey takes on a perilous new focus when Boehm dies of a heart attack under suspicious circumstances. 15,000 first printing.

Flight of the Storks

Raymond Roussel (1877-1933) - poet, novelist, playwright, musician, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, homosexual, drug addict, probable suicide - an astonishing individual whose life was almost as intriguing as his unique literary opus.

Raymond Roussel

Caradec, François

Caradec, Franois

Biographies & Memoirs

Atlas Pr

"After the face, the hand is the part of the human body which is the most independent, the most distinctive and the most particular. (...) Hands in painting - whether they be lyrical, delicate, lively and alert, or else violent, nervy and tragic - are never mere details, as can be seen in these drawings, but are focal points which contain and distribue the energy of a picture. " Jean-Christophe Bailly

Sketch Book; The Hand

Arts & Photography

BAILLY, Jean-Christophe

History & Criticism

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