Charles Baudelaire’s classic and controversial Les Fleurs du Mal explored a poetic landscape of urban decadence and dark beauty. This new translation captures the sound and the feeling of the original as none has done before.
This Edition Includes: The Dance Of Death - The Beacons - The Sadness Of The Moon - The Balcony - The Sick Muse - The Venal Muse - The Evil Monk - The Temptation - The Irreparable - The Former Life - Don Juan In Hades - The Living Flame - ...
After the climactic incident during the festival, we are sent to a completely new locale, 3 years later.
Takao makes a decision... he will try to win the affection of one of his muses.
Edgy, intense, and romantic, this new edition will give fans a chance to reconnect with Kasuga, Saeki, and Nakamura as it explores the issues of bullying, loneliness, individuality, and identity.
Judicially condemned in 1857 as offensive to public morality, The Flowers of Evil is now regarded as the most influential volume of poetry published in the nineteenth century.
Its themes of decadence and eroticism seek to exhibit Baudelaire's criticism of the Parisian society of his time. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and includes an introduction by Frank Pearce Sturm.
After his grandfather falls ill, Kasuga goes with his parents back to Gunma—his first trip back to his hometown ever since the incident with Nakamura—and Kasuga must confront the friends and family he hurt in the past.
Handsome edition includes great French poet's controversial work, Les Fleurs du Mal, plus prose poems from "Spleen of Paris," critical essays on art, music, and literature, and personal letters.
Takao Kasuga is a bookworm.
Flowers of Evil tells the tangled tale of Takao Kasuga, a shy middle-school boy who falls in love with one girl and ends up being blackmailed by another in rural central Japan.