Impressions of Africa Portuguese Literature Series Before the Breakup

Before the Breakup

"Polizzotti’s remarkable achievement is a welcome addition to this small but growing body of work on Roussel and serves as a reminder of an author and a novel too often neglected

a joy in thinking (and in expressing those thoughts) that becomes contagious

and his younger pal Buddy ("The World's Greatest Piano Player")

from shifting continents to tiny heartbreaks

Impressions of Africa Portuguese Literature Series Before the BreakupBy Raymond Roussel Translated by Mark Polizzotti ISBN: 9781564786241 Publication Date: 6 29 2011 The long awaited new translation of the most dazzling and unclassifiable work of fiction in any language. In a mythical African land, some shipwrecked and uniquely talented passengers stage a grand gala to entertain themselves and their captor, the great chieftain Talou. In performance after bizarre performancestarring, among others, a zither playing worm,