Table of Contents

Translator's Preface
Introduction

Easter in New York
The Prose of the Trans-Siberian and of Little Jeanne of France
Panama, or the Adventures of My Seven Uncles
Nineteen Elastic Poems
The War in the Luxembourg
Unnatural Sonnets
Black African Poems
Kodak (Documentary)
Travel Notes
South American Women
Various Poems
To the Heart of the World
POESIES COMPLETES (French text)

Translator's Notes on the Poems
Select Bibliography
Index of English Titles
Index of French Titles

About the Author

Novelist, poet and essayist, Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961) was also a cineaste, juggler, translator, adventurer. Poet Ron Padgett has also translated works of Apollinaire and Duchamp. Jay Bochner is Professor of English Literature at the University of Montreal.

Reviews

"Padgett unpretentiously conveys the vivid sensuality emerging from the rich profusion of Cendrars's travel experiences. Good reading for all lovers of 20th-century French poetry."--"Library Journal