Opium
by Jean Cocteau
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The literary and cinematic legend gives his no-holds-barred account of a dangerous addiction In this classic study Cocteau vividly describes his extraordinary experiences while taking opium, the drug to which he owed his "perfect hours" but which, inevitably, exacted its price. It also contains reminiscences of some of Cocteau's closet friends, including Nijinsky and Marcel Proust, and provides revealing insights into the creation of such masterpieces as Orphee and Les Enfants Terribles.Tags
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The journal of Cocteau’s drug addiction treatment is as worth to be read as Thomas de Quincey’s « Confessions of an English Opium Eater ».
Famous account of a misunderstood drug.
Prologue by Ramon gomez de la serna, translation by Julio Gomez de la serna. . Bound in cloth with gilt on the spine. Original covers by mauricio amster. Portrait of Cocteau on frontis. 324p . 6 sheets.
. Book. Illus. by Jean Cocteau. Very Good. Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. New Translation by Margaret Crosland & Sinclair Road)
Livre séduisant et déchirant sur l'angoisse de la condition humaine et l'univers du poète : "Tout ce qu'on fait dans la vie, même l'amour, on le fait dans le train express qui roule vers la mort. Fumer l'opium, c'est quitter le train en marche ; c'est s'occuper d'autre chose que de la vie, de la mort."
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Born in Maisons-Lafitte, France, on July 5, 1889, Jean Cocteau was a poet, actor, film director, and playwright. Cocteau's first volume of verse, La Lampe d'Aladian, established him as an important contemporary writer. During recuperation from an opium addiction, Cocteau produced some of his best-known work, including his first motion picture, show more Blood of a Poet, the play Orpheus, and the novel Les Enfants Terribles. Cocteau later published Difficulty of Being, a loose collection of autobiographical observations. Jean Cocteau died on October 11, 1963, at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1930
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