The Baudelaire Fractal by Lisa Robertson
'Raised from babydom into doubt, I'm as feminine as Rousseau. I, Hazel Brown, eldest daughter of a disappearing class, penniless neophyte stunned by the glamour of literature, tradeless, clueless, yet with considerable moral stamina and luck, left my family at seventeen to seek a way to live. It was the month of June in 1979. I was looking for Beauty: I didn't exactly care about art, I simply wanted not to be bored and to experience grace. So I thought I would write.' One morning, Hazel Brown wakes in a badly decorated hotel room to find that she's written the complete works of Charles Baudelaire. In her bemusement the hotel becomes every cheap room she ever stayed in during her youthful perambulations in 1980s Paris. This is the legend of a she-dandy's life. Woven into her reminiscences of Hazel's early life are episodes from Baudelaire's youth, as well as reflections on the history of tailoring, the passion of reading and 19th century painting. Lisa Robertson's debut novel is an exploration of life lived in pursuit of beauty, and a celebration of the mind of a girl.
Lisa Robertson is a Canadian poet and essayist. In 2018, the Foundation for the Contemporary Arts in NY awarded her the inaugural CD Wright Award in Poetry. She has taught at Cambridge University, Princeton, UC Berkeley, California College of the Arts, Piet Zwart Institute, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics and American University of Paris, as well as holding research and residency positions at institutions across Canada, the US, and Europe. Lisa currently lives in France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913512354 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913512355 |
| Title | The Baudelaire Fractal |
| Author | Lisa Robertson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Peninsula Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-08-24 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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