In the years immediately following World War II, Jacques Prevert spoke directly to and for the French who had come of age during the German Occupation. First published in 1946 by Les Editions de Minuit, a press with its origins in the Underground, Paroles met with enormous success, and there were several hundred thousand copies in print by the time these first translations in English were published by City Lights in 1958.Today Prevert speaks out in a voice still attuned to our times, for the human condition (which is always his focus) has not changed. In fact, man's inhumanity to man would seem to have intensified, making these poems ever more touching, ever more prescient.
By:
Jacques Prevert Imprint: Folio/Gallimard Country of Publication: France Dimensions:
Height: 184mm,
Width: 114mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 159g ISBN:9782070367627 ISBN 10: 2070367622 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
