Moravagine by Blaise Cendrars
At once truly appalling and appallingly funny, Blaise Cendrars's Moravagine bears comparison with Naked Lunch--except that it's a lot more entertaining to read. Heir to an immense aristocratic fortune, mental and physical mutant Moravagine is a monster, a man in pursuit of a theorem that will justify his every desire. Released from a hospital for the criminally insane by his starstruck psychiatrist (the narrator of the book), who foresees a companionship in crime that will also be an unprecedented scientific collaboration, Moravagine travels from Moscow to San Antonio to deepest Amazonia, engaged in schemes and scams as, among other things, terrorist, speculator, gold prospector, and pilot. He also enjoys a busy sideline in rape and murder. At last, the two friends return to Europe--just in time for World War I, when the whole world was doing a Moravagine. This new edition of Cendrars's underground classic is the first in English to include the author's afterword, How I Wrote Moravagine.Frederic-Louis Sauser was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchatel, Switzerland, on September 1, 1887. Cendrars--a false identity he assumed in 1907--joined the Foreign Legion at the onset of World War I. His military career was cut short when he was wounded and lost his right arm. He learned to type, write, and drive with his left hand as he adjusted to his disability. He returned to Paris, where he continued to write and edit for the Editions de la Sirene, as well as expressing an interest in filmmaking. Cendrars died in 1961 in Paris.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781590170632 |
| ISBN 10 | 1590170636 |
| Title | Moravagine |
| Author | Blaise Cendrars |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The New York Review of Books, Inc |
| Year published | 2004-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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