ianuh 's review for:

The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire

4.0

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keeping in mind aaron poochigian's liberties of his translations, as he himself noted before baudelaire's pieces begin, this collection is pretty rad. i've never read a more interesting, relevant & well-written, albeit lengthy, introduction to an author & their work than this. the actual poems themselves are fascinating w their concepts (even more so during the time they were written) & the translator does a fantastic job of working on the flow of them. the collection & its creator are complex, i would consider, therefore i wouldn't recommend this if you're going for a more touristic perusal of poetry. but!! there is excellence in this, i swear!!