{"title":"Rene Char","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"feuillets-d-hypnos-book-rene-char-9782070343799","title":"Feuillets D'Hypnos","description":"Hailed by the poet Paul Eluard as an absolute masterpiece upon its first appearance in 1946, Ren  Char's \u003ci\u003eHypnos\u003c\/i\u003e is both a remarkable work of literature and a document of unique significance in the history of the French Resistance. Based on a journal Char kept during his time in the Maquis, it ranges in style from abrupt and sometimes enigmatic reflections, in which the poet seeks to establish compass bearings in the darkness of Occupied France, to narrative descriptions that throw into vivid relief the dramatic and often tragic nature of the issues he had to confront as the head of his Resistance network. A tribute to the individual men and women who fought at his side, this volume is also a meditation on the white magic of poetry and a celebration of the power of beauty to combat terror and transform our lives.\u003cbr\u003e Translated into German by Paul Celan and into Italian by Vittorio Sereni, the book has never been carried over into English with the attention to style and detail that it deserves. Published in full here for the first time, this long-awaited new translation does justice at last to the incandescence and pathos of the original French.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49510464160017,"sku":"GOR010366519","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50232933613841,"sku":"GOR013894763","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/2070343790.jpg?v=1751349454"},{"product_id":"commune-presence-book-rene-char-9782070407392","title":"Commune Presence","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49551216443665,"sku":"GOR013745425","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/207040739X.jpg?v=1750998585"},{"product_id":"lettera-amorosa-book-rene-char-9782070344277","title":"Lettera amorosa","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49871726608657,"sku":"GOR008821994","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50482983305489,"sku":"GOR012804620","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/2070344274.jpg?v=1750998552"},{"product_id":"dawn-breakers-book-rene-char-9781852241339","title":"The Dawn Breakers","description":"Ren  Char (1907-88) is one of the most important modern French poets. Admired by Heidegger for the profundity of his poetic philosophy, he was also a hero of the French Resistance and in the 1960s a militant anti-nuclear protester. Associated with the Surrealist movement for several years and a close friend of many painters - notably Braque, Giacometti and Picasso - he wrote poetry which miraculously, often challengingly, confronts the major 20th century moral, political and artistic concerns with a simplicity of vision and expression that owes much to the poet-philosophers of ancient Greece. Les Matinaux (1947-49) is perhaps his greatest collection. Published after the War, it looks forward to a better and freer world, whilst also bearing the marks of a deep-seated hatred of all fascisms. It includes some of the most beautiful love poems ever written in French. Michael Worton's translations convey the essence of Char's poetry (which says difficult things in a simple, traditional way), and his introduction suggests why Char is one of the vital voices of our age. French-English dual language edition.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49967027355921,"sku":"GOR004749844","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51055589982481,"sku":"NIN9781852241339","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52401379016977,"sku":"NLS9781852241339","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52932779868433,"sku":"GOR002896687","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852241330.jpg?v=1752056535"},{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-rene-char-book-rene-char-9780811211925","title":"Selected Poems of Rene Char","description":"This is a fine, bilingual edition of the works of one of the great French Surrealists. . . . The translations, by several hands, serve Char wellfull of insinuating rhythms and unusual verbal couplings, they come close to the piercing beauty of the originals. Pat Monaghan, Booklist","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50366907121937,"sku":"CIN0811211924G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51218208063761,"sku":"GOR005093244","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52877088882961,"sku":"GOR013197834","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53138781307153,"sku":"GOR012506523","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53393130717457,"sku":"NIN9780811211925","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0811211924.jpg?v=1751139185"},{"product_id":"hypnos-book-rene-char-9780857422170","title":"Hypnos","description":"Rene Char (1907 - 88) is considered the most important French poet of his generation. A member of the surrealists in the early 1930s, he became increasingly preoccupied by the rise of Nazi Germany and later played a key role in the French Resistance. Hypnos is both a document of unique importance in the history of the French Resistance and a classic of modern European literature. Based on a journal Char kept during his time in the Maquis, it is composed of short prose fragments that range from abrupt and sometimes enigmatic meditations in which the poet seeks out his metaphysical and moral compass bearings in the darkness of occupied France to narrative descriptions that throw into stark relief the dramatic and often tragic nature of the decisions he had to confront as the head of his Resistance cell. A tribute to the individual men and women who fought at his side, the book is also a celebration of the power of art to combat terror and to transform our lives. Char had significant influence on the generation of French poets who came of age after World War II and was an important figure for a host of distinguished contemporaries, including Albert Camus, Julien Gracq, Edmond Jabes, Octavio Paz, Nicolas de Stael, Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger, as well as for younger writers like Peter Handke and Hans-Magnus Enzenberger, and the composer Pierre Boulez, who has set several of his poems to music.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50370464055569,"sku":"CIN0857422170G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52877087998225,"sku":"GOR006262749","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0857422170.jpg?v=1750746874"},{"product_id":"stone-lyre-book-rene-char-9781932195781","title":"Stone Lyre","description":"Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the French by Nancy Naomi Carlson. Early Surrealist, resistance fighter, anti-nuclear activist, and exquisite poet, Rene Char is at the heart of 20th century French poetry. Carlson gives English-language readers a real sense of Char's depth and breadth. And her masterful translations catch the barely contained drama that gives Char's work such tension and presence--Cole Swensen.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50483298697489,"sku":"CIN1932195785G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51052890489105,"sku":"NIN9781932195781","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1932195785.jpg?v=1751028582"},{"product_id":"fureur-et-mystere-book-rene-char-9782070300655","title":"Fureur et mystere","description":"Rene Char (1907-1988) was one of France's most respected 20th century poets. Part of the Surrealist group in the late 1920's-1930's, he gradually drifted away from the group. During WWII he joined the resistance and wrote his forceful prose poems describing what he saw and experienced. This large, bilingual anthology, includes all of his well known books Feuillets d'Hypnos and Fureur et Mystere as well as a sampling of other poems and prose poems. Insightful essays are provided by Sandra Bermann, Mary Ann Caws, and Nancy Kline.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50554695385361,"sku":"GOR002782726","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52544458326289,"sku":"GOR005205193","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52580069998865,"sku":"CIN207030065XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53548620677393,"sku":"CIN207030065XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/207030065X.jpg?v=1751221190"},{"product_id":"furor-and-mystery-and-other-poems-book-rene-char-9780984264025","title":"Furor and Mystery and Other Poems","description":"Rene Char (1907-1988) was one of France's most respected 20th century poets. Part of the Surrealist group in the late 1920's-1930's, he gradually drifted away from the group. During WWII he joined the resistance and wrote his forceful prose poems describing what he saw and experienced. This large, bilingual anthology, includes all of his well known books Feuillets d'Hypnos and Fureur et Mystere as well as a sampling of other poems and prose poems. Insightful essays are provided by Sandra Bermann, Mary Ann Caws, and Nancy Kline.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51682064597265,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51682065285393,"sku":"GOR008479007","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52003646996753,"sku":"CIN0984264027G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0984264027.jpg?v=1751429439"},{"product_id":"correspondance-1946-1959-book-rene-char-9782070783311","title":"Correspondance 1946-1959","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51723035115793,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51723035410705,"sku":"GOR007279714","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/2070783316.jpg?v=1750836780"},{"product_id":"brittle-age-and-returning-upland-book-rene-char-9781933996110","title":"The Brittle Age and Returning Upland","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51822140883217,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51822141243665,"sku":"CIN1933996110G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781933996110.jpg?v=1752621667"},{"product_id":"correspondance-book-rene-char-9782072718489","title":"Correspondance","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52692973617425,"sku":"GOR009867160","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9782072718489.jpg?v=1762344119"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-rene-char.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}