Openwork : : poetry and prose / / Andre du Bouchet ; selected, translated, and presented by Paul Auster and Hoyt Rogers.

• Superior document: Margellos world republic of letters
• VerfasserIn: Du Bouchet, Andre,
• TeilnehmendeR: Auster, Paul, 1947-; Rogers, Hoyt,
• Place / Publishing House: New Haven ;, London : : Yale University Press,, [2014]; 2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English; French
• Series: Margellos world republic of letters book.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (365 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: "A Margellos World of Republic of Letters book"--Title page.
• Other title: Works.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317).
• ISBN: 9780300197631 (hardback); 9780300197631; 9780300210286 (ebook)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Andre du Bouchet ; selected, translated, and presented by Paul Auster and Hoyt Rogers.

"Andre du Bouchet, a great innovator of twentieth-century letters, has yet to be fully recognized by a wide circle of international readers. This inviting volume sets out to remedy the oversight, introducing a selection of du Bouchet's poetry and prose to English- language readers through the brilliant translations of Paul Auster and Hoyt Rogers. Openwork showcases pieces from the author's entire trajectory, beginning with little-known pieces from the 1950s, followed by major poems from the 1960s, and concluding with works written or rewritten in the poet's later decades. Throughout his life, du Bouchet devoted himself to long walks in his beloved French countryside, jotting down entries in notebooks as he rambled. These notebooks-more than one hundred all together-have emerged as signal works in their own right, and their musings are well represented in this anthology"--