1989
| Translated by Alexis Lykiard, illustrated by Peter,Blegvad,Jarry's first, visionar, novel written when he was,only 24. Often considered his masterpiece, it,follows the desertion of everyday life of an army,conscript who escapes his intolerable existence,through dreams, hallucinations, drug orgies, a,pursuit of his double and finally madness. |
1981
| A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, the farce satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Championed by Dadaists and Surrealists as the first absurdist drama, Ubu Roifeatures a main character that is cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque--the author's metaphor for modern man. |
1969
| Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) was the original transgressive author; the first word of his famous play Ubu Roi - "Shittr!" - changed the course of art and drama forever. Jarry's novels are equally outrageous, and the best of them are now again available in English. Where Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician is philosophical, The Supermale is carnal. Andre Marcueil, gentleman and scientist, has the ability to make love an infinite number of times in succession. Like a mock Jules Verne....[more] |
1995
| Provoking riots at its opening in 1896, Ubu is acclaimed as the touchstone for the Dada and Surrealist movements, the Theatre of the Absurd, and much of the rest of experimental theatre in the 20th century. |
1997
| The landmark plays from the French theatre included in this edition embody the transition from the old to the modern in dramatic experimentation: precursors of surrealism, they are innovative, outrageous and highly enjoyable. Consisting of Maeterlinck's The Blind, Jarry's Ubu the King, and Apollinaire's The Mammaries of Tiresias, this edition provides new translations sensitive to crucial linguistic features such as rhyme and pun and contains the only editions of Maeterlinck and Apollinaire's pl....[more] |
1996
| Jarry is best known as the author of the proto-Dada play Ubu Roi, but this anarchic novel of absurdist philosophy is widely regarded as the central work to his oeuvre. Written in 1989 and refused for publication in the author's lifetime, Exploits and Opinion of Dr. Faustroll recounts the adventures of the inventor of "Pataphysics . . . the science of imaginary solutions." Pataphysics has since inspired artists as diverse as Marcel Duchamp and the 60s rock band Soft Machine, as well as the mythic....[more] |
1993
| The second novel by the creator of UBU, it was,originally written for a publisher specialising in,erotica though he was probably perplexed by the,results. |
1992
| Translated from the French by Antony Melville,with an introduction by Alastair Brotchie,The second book by the creator of UBU, the,anti-hero of what is acknowledged as the first,'absurd' drama. Partly based on the apocalyptic,events of the 'Book of Revelation', this is a,unique work which embodies all of Jarry's themes. |
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