Poetry. Translated from the French by Lee Fahnestock. Francis Ponge's VEGETATION is a short grouping of pieces originally published in his book Le Parti Pris des Choses in 1942. Interested in the "copulation of things and words," Ponge aimed to bring a materiality of language to surface. Lee Fahnestock is a critic and translator who has contributed to a new version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and completed a later work of Ponge's in translation, "The Making of the Pre."
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Poetry. Translated from the French by Lee Fahnestock. Francis Ponge's VEGETATION is a short grouping of pieces originally published in his book Le Parti Pris des Choses in 1942. Interested in the "copulation of things and words," Ponge aimed to bring a materiality of language to surface. Lee Fahnestock is a critic and translator who has contributed to a new version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and completed a later work of Ponge's in translation, "The Making of the Pre."
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine/Fine. Slim 8vo., 20pp. Beautiful Scarce First US Edition of this translation of Ponges's poetry. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of edge and surface wear but quite minor. No chipping, toning or tears. Small date on front end-paper, (April, 1988) A sharp collectable copy of a scarce item with no other copies currently in the market.
