Impressions of Africa.
Roussel, Raymond. Heppenstall, Rayner.
Impressions of Africa. / Raymond Roussel. - , London : Calder and Boyars , 1966. - 317p. : 24cm.
The first of Roussel's two major prose works, Impressions of Africa is not, as the title may suggest, a conventional travel account, but an adventure story put together in a highly individual fashion and with an unusual time sequence, whereby the reader is even made to choose whether to begin with the first or the tenth chapter.
A veritable literary melting pot, Roussel's groundbreaking text makes ample use of wordplay and the surrealist techniques of automatic writing and private allusion.
Donated by the English Department Diviani Chaudhuri (Dr. Vijay Tankha Collection)
Dr. Vijay Tankha Collection
English Department
History
968 ROU
Impressions of Africa. / Raymond Roussel. - , London : Calder and Boyars , 1966. - 317p. : 24cm.
The first of Roussel's two major prose works, Impressions of Africa is not, as the title may suggest, a conventional travel account, but an adventure story put together in a highly individual fashion and with an unusual time sequence, whereby the reader is even made to choose whether to begin with the first or the tenth chapter.
A veritable literary melting pot, Roussel's groundbreaking text makes ample use of wordplay and the surrealist techniques of automatic writing and private allusion.
Donated by the English Department Diviani Chaudhuri (Dr. Vijay Tankha Collection)
Dr. Vijay Tankha Collection
English Department
History
968 ROU
