{"product_id":"season-in-abyssinia","title":"Season in Abyssinia","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarseilles,  1891: as Arthur Rimbaud lies dying in hospital, his mind wanders  fitfully - taking him back to Commune-era Paris, and the  scandalous life he led with Verlaine. But, above all, he is transported  to Harar, Abyssinia, where he ventured in 1880 to seek his  fortune, having chucking in the disreputable game of writing poetry...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul  Strathern's second novel, published in 1972, won a Somerset Maugham  Award both for its superb evocation of the colour, squalor and hurlyburly of Harar and  for its inspired 'impersonation' of Rimbaud - restless, ragged self-overcomer, would-be explorer-imperialist, and genius poet repulsed by his past literary life. In a new preface to this edition Strathern discusses the mercurial personality of Rimbaud, his novel's bold shifts between first and third person, and his own travels in East Africa that informed the book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243751985496,"sku":"9780571314904","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571314904.jpg?v=1779177632","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/season-in-abyssinia","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}