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Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa, 1880–91 (Eland Classics)

Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa, 1880–91 (Eland Classics)

byCharles Nicholl
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Peter Murrell
4.0 out of 5 stars I did wonder whether he gave up poetry so suddenly because he had exhausted what he wanted to say or was simply disgusted by the
Reviewed in the United Kingdom πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ on 31 March 2016
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The biographer of Rimbaud in his later years has the problem not only that his subject was not a very likeable person but that not much happened. He endured privations in the African heat, he traded, he made some arduous journeys, then his health failed and he died in his thirties. Of course, the fact that he was a precocious poet in his teens, whose fame continued to grow long after he lost interest in poetry, gives a certain fascination to the later years. The material for those years is thin but it has been assiduously gathered by Nicholl and he presents it well. I just found at the end that I didn't much care about Rimbaud's fate. I did wonder whether he gave up poetry so suddenly because he had exhausted what he wanted to say or was simply disgusted by the artistic life he led in Paris and elsewhere. Nicholl is unable to provide any definitive answers since Rimbaud would immediately change the subject if anyone mentioned his earlier years. I confess the poetry (extracts of which are quoted) has no appeal for me whatsoever, which adds to my overall lack of engagement in the story.
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sunbambino
5.0 out of 5 stars 'Savage' Rimbaud
Reviewed in the United Kingdom πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ on 4 November 2019
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This is a considered and measured approach to the last years in the Horn of Africa, imaginatively written, well researched, highly recommended
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Laurence
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ on 30 December 2013
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The author manages to write a fascinating account of the last years of Rimbaud with relatively limited historical information. Excellent.
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David Havelka
4.0 out of 5 stars An exciting read on a wilde child who grows up to be a MAN!
Reviewed in the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ on 11 May 2009
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This review really answered a lot of questions about Rimbaud, and gave his legend a needed demystification. Put a lot of Rimbaud's poetry into context of a troubled adolescent seeking a father figure, freedom from a domineering mother, and of course alcholism...I for one found Rimbaud's poetry and legend among the cultural elite to be a bore, but his life was very exciting. A good read....
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Immortalist
1.0 out of 5 stars I developed a headache!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ on 5 September 2015
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I purchased this biography after seen the film Total Eclipse Total Eclipse (film) with Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis) and Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio).

I was looking forward to the read. I stopped reading when I got to page 30. I absolutely could not stand the fact that this book had so much French words/sentences/phrases. And the style of writing, it did not agree with me. I developed a headache.
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floeck
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ on 10 July 2014
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Had to give it away the picture pages were stuck together
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Robert Podgurski
5.0 out of 5 stars A bio that reads like an adventure as it should
Reviewed in the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ on 23 September 2015
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Nicholl is sharp once again. A bio that reads like an adventure as it should, a reinvention as such that Rimbaud would have approved of.
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O. S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Charles Nicholl's biographies
Reviewed in the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ on 4 March 2010
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Thank you Charles for "illuminating" this mystery man. You give readers such great insight into character and local in your marvelous biographies. "The Lodger" Shakespeare. "Flights of the Mind" Da Vinci and "Somebody Else" Rimbaud are all terrific reads. Orville Stoeber
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barhayim
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ on 16 April 2017
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not pleased at all very rudimentary not interesting material
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ on 3 January 2016
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perfect
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