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Past Tense; Diaries, Volume II
by Cocteau, Jean
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Note by Pierre Chanel, works by Jean Cocteau and index. 1/4 purple coloured cloth covered backstrip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 dark brown coloured boards. The French playwright, filmmaker and poet, Jean Cocteau, kept diaries, and that remained unpublished for 20 years after his death, in 1963. This – the first volume – deals with the year 1953. It gives a different side to the public persona of this intriguing man. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Fading of the extreme edges of the book and there is a little bump to the lower left-hand corner of the rear panel. Light tanning of the textblock edges and pages and there is a hint of foxing to the textblock edges. Previous owners name to the top right-hand corner of the title page. Full Number Line. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [12], 355, [1] pages,. Text is in French. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Diaries; France; French Language; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0130453. .
Synopsis
Jean Cocteau delighted in shocking the world. In pubic, at least, the image he presented was one of great daring -- a man eager to defy, willing to experiment, ready to challenge. Cocteau's achievements in almost every artistic medium -- including poetry, film, illustration, criticism, and ballet -- rightfully earned him a reputation for radical versatility. He assumed Oscar Wilde's role as "world's most dazzling talker" and Thomas DeQuincey's as "world's most conspicuous opium addict"; he drew depictions of his bouts in the all-male brothels of Toulon; he created the actor Jean Marais and the chanteuse Edith Piaf. But among Cocteau's many accomplishments was one composition protected by the private man: his diary. Recorded during the last 13 years of his life, Cocteau's diary was kept a secret until 1983. this first of six projected volumes reveals Cocteau's life from 1951 to 1953. In it, he makes asides about Picasso, writes Oedipus rex, admires Stalin, travels through Europe, and engages in gross generalizations about Americans. With line drawings from Cocteau's original journal, Past Tense is a literary event -- a window into Cocteau's life and creativity as he wanted them to be remembered.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0130453
- Title
- Past Tense; Diaries, Volume II
- Author
- Cocteau, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Diaries, France, Jean Cocteau, 1953, playwright, novelist, filmmaker Biography & Autobiography; Diaries; France; French Language; Sociology & Culture. Unbranded Cocteau, Jean Past Tense; Diaries, Volume II
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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