Rimbaud
Jim Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:26:38 -0400
I don't recall who recommended "A Season in Hell" to me, but I appreciate
it.
I went to Borders last night and saw Annie Dillard's "Living by Fiction"
outside for just under three bucks. Had to buy it. So that got me in a
buying mood. I went to the religion section and picked up something
about Buddhism (been wanting to do some reading there for some time now),
and then strolled over to the poetry section just out of habit.
That's when I saw the Rimbaud. I remembered that was on my "to read"
list too, so I started looking over some editions of his books. There
was one edition of Season in Hell, hardcover, with photographs by
Mapplethorpe. It was 20 bucks, not bad, the photography was, of course,
beautiful (as is all of his work that I've seen), but I think it only had
four shots in it and I didn't want to spend that much . So I picked up a
trade paper copy of Seasons in Hell (will Illuminations, which I like
more) for only ten bucks, and had to put the buddhism down for another
day :)
I read in the intro that Rimbaud was 18 when he wrote Seasons.
Incredible. I'm muy impressed.
But my initial thoughts were: "Poor kid. Such strong feelings and not a
clue where they come from, or what to do with them. And God. . .such
genius. Poor kid. . ."
Jim Rovira
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