Tempest of Stars

The only bi-lingual edition of Cocteau's poems. "Cocteau is better known in America as filmmaker and playwright than poet. This generous collection featuring both French originals and their English translation should help rectify that. Translator Reed, himself a poet of note, has permitted himself the latitude to betray literary meaning when necessary to capture the elusive strains of Cocteau's experimentation. Reed is particularly adept at transmitting the clashing images...that are Cocteau's specially. Cocteau is rich and wild, driving metaphors like rangy horses. Nicely counter-pointing his texts in this edition are evocative drawings by David Austen". -- Booklist.Cocteau, Jean is the author of 'Tempest of Stars' with ISBN 9781870612128 and ISBN 1870612124.