Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Wyatt Mason
โThe definitive translation for our time.โ
โEdward Hirsch
From Danteโs Inferno to Sartreโs No Exit, writers have been fascinated by visions of damnation. Within that rich literature of suffering, Arthur Rimbaudโs A Season in Hellโwritten when the poet was nineteenโprovides an astonishing example of the grapple with self.
As a companion to Rimbaudโs journey, readers could have no better guide than Wyatt Mason. One of our most talented young translators and critics, Masonโs new version of A Season in Hell renders the music and mystery of Rimbaudโs tale of Hell on Earth with exceptional finesse and power.
This bilingual edition includes maps, a helpful chronology of Rimbaudโs life, and the unfinished suite of prose poems, Illuminations. With A Season in Hell, they cement Rimbaudโs reputation as one of the foremost, and most influential, writers in French literature.