Peter Riley on André du Bouchet
André du Bouchet Openwork: poetry and prose. Selected, translated and presented by Paul Auster and Hoyt Rogers. Yale University Press | Hardcover 364pp. (Bilingual text) |$26.00/£16.99 By PETER RILEY. ANDRÉ DU BOUCHET’s is the most difficult poetry to describe or characterise; it eludes identification from start to finish and you’re liable to end up speaking entirely in negatives. The poetry doesn’t describe or recount or expound; it doesn’t narrate … Read more Peter Riley on André du Bouchet