The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry

"Mr. Auster's introduction is informative and helpful, but the reader may feel frustrated by the sketchiness of the information provided at the back of the book about each poet and his work, as well as by the lack of dates on the poems and citations of the books from which they have been culled...But those are minor complaints. The overwhelming impression left by Mr. Auster's anthology is of riches prodigally offered. He has selected generously and with discernment...To my knowledge, no current anthology is as full and as deftly edited. One wants to call this an indispensable work, a book that everyone interested in modern poetry should have close to hand, a source of renewable delights and discoveries, a book that will long claim our attention."Paul Auster is the author of 'The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry', published 1984 under ISBN 9780394717487 and ISBN 0394717481.