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Maldoror and Poems

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Maldoror and Poems

Comte de Lautréamont

Translated by Paul Knight

Comte de Lautréamont

Maldoror and the Complete Works of the Comte de Lautréamont

Comte de Lautréamont

Andr Breton wrote that Maldoror is "the expression of a revelation so complete it seems to exceed human potential." Little is known about its pseudonymous author aside from his real name (Isidore Ducasse), birth in Uruguay (1846), and early death in...