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Imaginary Lives

By Marcel Schwob, Chris Clarke (Introduction), Chris Clarke (Translator)
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By Marcel Schwob, Chris Clarke (Introduction), Chris Clarke (Translator)
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“The art of the biographer consists specifically in choice. He is not meant to worry about speaking truth; he must create human characteristics amidst the chaos.”—Marcel Schwob

Imaginary Lives remains, over 120 years since its original publication in French, one of the secret keys to modern literature: under-recognized, yet a decisive influence on such writers as Apollinaire, Borges, Jarry and Artaud, and more contemporary authors such as Roberto Bolaño and Jean Echenoz. Drawing from histori...

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