A review by barbz
A Season in Hell, by Arthur Rimbaud
3.25
The uniqueness of Rimbaud's poetry is perhaps in the perfectly eloquent characterization of the demons of youth. Every pleasure is glorious, every pain eternal, all the good is great and all the bad is the end of the world.
Rimbaud's life paints every poem he writes, the highs and the lows of his relationship with Paul Verlaine are even more evident here, a book written after Verlain shoots him at the peak of their tumultuous affair.
Rimbaud's life paints every poem he writes, the highs and the lows of his relationship with Paul Verlaine are even more evident here, a book written after Verlain shoots him at the peak of their tumultuous affair.