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  The Shape of a City Changes Faster, Alas, Than the Human Heart (French Literature) (Paperback) By (author) Jacques Roubaud, Translated by Keith Waldrop, Translated by Rosmarie Waldrop

  

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  Short Description for The Shape of a City Changes Faster, Alas, Than the Human HeartComprised of 150 poems, with a title taken from Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal", this collection skips from the strict form of the sonnet to the freedom of prose poetry. It contains a variety of forms and tones that work together to describe Paris, its people, its writers, its monumental past, and its unsteady response to change.
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  • Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
  • Published: 01 July 2006
  • Format: Paperback 247 pages
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  • Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets | Literary Studies: General
  • ISBN 13: 9781564783837 ISBN 10: 1564783839
  • Sales rank: 627,403

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Full description for The Shape of a City Changes Faster, Alas, Than the Human Heart

• Featuring 150 poems, this strong collection explores Roubaud's many poetic modes. Comprised of 150 poems, with a title taken from Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal", Jacques Roubaud skips from the strict form of the sonnet to the freedom of prose poetry without abandoning the melancholy playfulness that has defined his lengthy writing career. A selection of 10 previously untranslated work, "The Shape of a City" contains a wide variety of forms and tones that work together to describe not only Paris, but also its people, its writers (and those of Oulipo in particular), its monumental past, and its unsteady response to change.