Synopses & Reviews
Review
"When Arthur Rimbaud dropped out of sight in Africa, or rather heading in that direction, in 1881, most of literary France, not to mention his family, concluded that he had decided to emulate Paul Gaugin and go native somewhere. That was not the case. As Alain Borer proves in this engaging literary thriller, the poet went to Ethiopia to make money. Did that involve the slave trade? That and other questions keep the reader engaged in what the publishers rightly call one of modern literature's greatest mysteries." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)