Cendrars, Blaise 1887-1961

Shadow by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
16 editions published between 1982 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 3,798 libraries worldwide
Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting image of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.

Gold : being the marvellous history of General John Augustus Sutter by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
140 editions published between 1921 and 2006 in 11 languages and held by 805 libraries worldwide
Récit du mythe américain par excellence : celui de la ruée vers l'or. Johann August Suter, européen solitaire venu chercher la fortune, ne trouvera dans sa quête que désillusion et aigreur, jusqu'à la folie et la mort. Le commentaire décrypte le mécanisme de destruction du rêve américain dans ce qu'il a de magique et de pathétique.

Modernities and other writings by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
10 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 670 libraries worldwide

Selected writings by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
6 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 641 libraries worldwide

To the end of the world by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
43 editions published between 1956 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 589 libraries worldwide
Un roman, des écrits pour la radio et une courte pièce écrite en 1912 qui ne fut révélée au public que dans les Inédits secrets en 1969.

Moravagine by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
50 editions published between 1926 and 2004 in 8 languages and held by 551 libraries worldwide
"At once truly appalling and appallingly funny, Blaise Cendrars's Moravagine bears comparison with Naked Lunch except that it's a lot more entertaining to read. Heir to an immense aristocratic fortune, mental and physical mutant Moravagine is a monster, a man in pursuit of a theorem that will justify his every desire. Released from a hospital for the criminally insane by his starstruck psychiatrist (the narrator of the book), who foresees a companionship in crime that will also be an unprecedented scientific collaboration, Moravagine travels from Moscow to San Antonio to deepest Amazonia, engaged in schemes and scams as, among other things, terrorist, speculator, gold prospector, and pilot. He also enjoys a busy sideline in rape and murder. At last, the two friends return to Europe just in time for World War I, when "the whole world was doing a Moravagine"--Publisher's description.

Sutter's gold by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
5 editions published in 1926 in English and held by 530 libraries worldwide

Sky : memoirs by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
32 editions published between 1948 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 523 libraries worldwide
Le premier texte, daté de 1949, peuplé d'oiseaux, d'aviateurs et de saints, retrace une incessante quête du verbe oscillant entre l'infini du verbe et la décomposition universelle ; le second est né d'une collaboration avec le photographe Robert Doisneau.

L'homme foudroyé by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
72 editions published between 1943 and 2004 in 6 languages and held by 504 libraries worldwide
A mythologized autobiography describes the author's experiences fighting with the Foreign Legion, living with the gypsies, and traveling with the artist, Fernand Leger.

Complete poems by Blaise Cendrars ( Book )
6 editions published between 1992 and 1993 in English and held by 442 libraries worldwide