Desiderata
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2025
Summary
Musician Lizzy Mercier Descloux’s kaleidoscopic foray into collage and poetry, translated and reprinted for the first time in 50 years.
Desiderata is a collection of Lizzy Mercier Descloux’s poetry, photos, and diaristic fragments from her visit to New York City in the winter of 1975. Only eighteen at the time, Descloux fell into the orbits of the nascent No Wave scene festering in Lower Manhattan, where she befriended Richard Hell, Patti Smith, and ZE Records founder Michel …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781965874080 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1965874088 |
| Author: | Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Patti Smith |
| Publisher: | Inpatient Press |
| Imprint: | Inpatient Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 214mm x 140mm |
| Series: | Inpatient Press / Mercurial Editions |
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“Her work in translating challenging, experimental texts is nothing short of extraordinary. Ramadan brings a deep understanding of both languages and cultures to her translations.”
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About The Author
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Martine-Elisabeth “Lizzy” Mercier Descloux (1956-2004) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer, and painter. She collaborated with a wide range of musicians including Wally Badarou and Chet Baker.
Emma Ramadan is a literary translator and recipient of the PEN Translation Prize, the Albertine Prize, and an NEA Translation Fellowship. Her translations include Anne Garreta’s Sphinx, Virginie Despentes’s Pretty Things, Kamel Daoud’s Zabor, or the Psalms, and Abdellah Taia’s A Country for Dying.
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