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The Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty
A series of poetic monologues portrays the experiences of an imaginary American in Paris from 1939 to 1940
- GenresPoetry
205 pages, Paperback
First published July 12, 1984
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January 20, 2011Still surprised how funny and scatological this is. Which makes lines like
"assassins of all we wait to love / and lovers of our own shadowy assassins"
more more. I'm still waiting for someone to coherently explain the background to the production of this book. All I know is that it is epic and somewhat heartbreaking.
"assassins of all we wait to love / and lovers of our own shadowy assassins"
more more. I'm still waiting for someone to coherently explain the background to the production of this book. All I know is that it is epic and somewhat heartbreaking.
May 22, 2007
Peter Klappert took up the mantle of the modernists, borrowed a wisecracking bartender in post-WWI Paris as a narrator, and wrote a brilliant, scathing, and hilarious book of poetry, and no one noticed.
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