Arthur Rimbaud
A Beginner's Guide to the Poet Who VanishedBy Alex Omberg
Length1h 27m
About this audiobook
How could a teenage prodigy revolutionize poetry with incendiary verse, then mysteriously vanish at 20 to become an African merchant? Arthur Rimbaud’s life is a paradox, a blazing comet followed by an inexplicable silence.
This beginner's guide strips back the myth to reveal the complex man behind the legend, offering a clear path to understanding his revolutionary genius and why he abandoned it all. Dive into the tumultuous world of the "poet who vanished" and unravel the genius, madness, and profound silence that defined his astonishing life.
Explore Rimbaud's defiant journey: from the stifling provincial life that forged his rebellion to his scandalous, absinthe-fueled affair with Paul Verlaine and the creation of masterpieces like Une Saison en Enfer and Illuminations. Unpack his radical philosophy of "I is an other" and "the derangement of the senses," which redefined art itself.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreBiography and Memoir, Poetry
Length1 hr 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 22, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
108. Two Shots in Brussels
2Introduction
119. "No More Words"
31. "I Is an Other"
1210. Illuminations
42. Shadowmouth and the Syllabus
1311. The Erased Poet
53. The Arrogant Confidence of Latin Verse
1412. The Coffee Sorter of Harar
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64. A Brother, A Father, A Treachery
1513. Twelve Days Across the Desert
75. The Poet as Seer
1614. The Cursed Poet's Unwilling Resurrection
86. The Boat Cast Adrift
1715. From Paris to Patti Smith
97. Absinthe, Hashish, and the Infernal Spouse
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