The Drunken Sailor
The Life of the Poet Arthur Rimbaud in His Own Words
$72.47
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2018
Summary
A biography of the most mythic of literary figures and a paean to wanderlust, from the critically acclaimed author of The Rime of the Modern Mariner, Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads and Cormorance.
The Drunken Sailor traces the life of Arthur Rimbaud—poet, surrealist, libertine, and gun runner. In dazzling artwork, Nick Hayes follows Rimbaud from his youth in Ardennes to the poetry salons of Paris, from the absinthe-glazed passion of his relationship with Verlaine to his fligh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910702062 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910702064 |
| Author: | Nick Hayes |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 1.13kg |
| Dimensions: | 269mm x 225mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“The Drunken Sailor is an Impressionist hymn to Rimbaud. But Hayes’ song is greatly embellished with knowledge… You run the gamut when you read this book.” - - Bookmunch
Magnificent illustrations… [Hayes] has done a wondrous job… his visual narrative has an intense, restless pace… here is a ribald beauty you find only rarely between two covers. – Rachel Cooke * The Observer *
At once phantasmagorical and bewitching… the best of his career so far. * Bookmunch *
Hayes’s green-filtered, stylised illustrations have a breathtaking punch to them. – Teddy Jamieson * Herald Scotland *
The Drunken Sailor is an Impressionist hymn to Rimbaud. But Hayes’ song is greatly embellished with knowledge… You run the gamut when you read this book. * Bookmunch *
A bewitching work from one of Britain’s finest graphic novelists. – James Smart * Guardian,Books of the Year *
About The Author
Nick Hayes
Nick Hayes is an award-winning writer, illustrator and land justice campaigner. In 2020 he co-founded Right to Roam, the influential campaign group advocating for public access to nature in England. He is the author of, among others, the Sunday Times best-seller The Book of Trespass and co-editor of Wild Service- Why Nature Needs You. An acclaimed artist, he has published four graphic novels and exhibited across the country, including at the Hayward Gallery. He lives on a canal boat with no fixed address.
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