King Cophetua Author:Julien Gracq, Ingeborg M. Kohn, Ingeborg Kohn "Mr. Gracq's is one of the more stimulating and original imaginations in contemporary French literature." --The New York Times Book Review~The narrator of King Cophetua, a former soldier, recalls the events surrounding his arrival at the home of his friend Jacques Nueil, an aviator and avant-garde composer. It is All Saints' Day, 19... more »17. The Great War is leading up to images of the Russian Revolution and from Nueil's villa the narrator hears the sounds of bombs dropping in the distance. Carefully paced, mysteriously atmospheric, King Cophetua is inspired by vivid memory and by two images, Goya's engraving La Mala Noche and Burne-Jones's painting King Cophetua and the Beggar Girl. by Julien Gracq. Paperback, 4.25 x 7.25 in./96 pgs / 0 color 0 BW0 duotone 0 ~ Item D20144« less