Astonished Man Author:Blaise Cendrars Cendrars recounts the Foreign Legion (including the loss of his arm), his exploits in Africa and South America, and his encounters with everyone from Gallic gipsies to Piquita, the Mexican millionairess. To all his encounters he brings the vitality, savage humor and vivid observation that characterize his dazzling writing. What a writer learns f... more »rom Cendrars is to follow his nose, to obey life's commands, to worship no other god but life""- Henry Miller.« less