exciting and haunting pieces of literature ever written; its surface, constantly shifting and sliding, creates an extraordinary flow of connections and disjunctions fuelled by what [Arthur] Rimbaud memorably described as "a long, prodigious and reasoned disordering of all the senses".John Ashbery, whose own exhilarating and controversial writing has frequently looked towards the innovations and energies of French poetry, delivers one of the strongest, most exuberant and closely engaged translations of Rimbaud's work.
from Charles Bainbridge: The Guardian: Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud--review
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