Poems of A. O. Barnabooth
In 1908 a small volume of poetry was published in Paris by an unknown author named A. O. Barnabooth-who in fact did not exist. Only after the book received favorable reviews by major French writers and critics did its real author, Valery Larbaud, step forward to claim Barnabooth as his alter ego. The revised and expanded 1913 edition of the book, with Larbaud credited as its author, has become a classic, eventually being included in the esteemed Pleiade series of books devoted to great French...
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First published in 1908 this title has had a growing reputation and audience for almost 100 years now. Larbaud is regarded in France as one of the most innovative poets of his time. Countless editions in France and Europe have appeared through the years but Ron Padgett and Bill Zavatskys' translation in 1977 was the first to appear in English. This is a revised and now bilingual and illustrated edition of this work.
