The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud

2 1/2 starsI don't know how to feel about this book. I had to read it for class, and I didn't want to. However, Miller's writing was very engaging, so it was a pleasure to read. However, the topic of the book (I guess that poets/writers need to offer something better to the world) is overstated. To be fair, I did not finish the book because I had to read fourteen other books for my class.

I am not sure whether I like this book or not.It is very personal and this is both its strength and the weakness . Something that i found very interesting and touching is the portrait of the poet an its role in society and history. Some parts of this book are truly inspirational. Others part I feel are off the tangent and not very understandable to today's reader.

I am pleased. Period.

I read this when I was 14 years old, ... and now again with 57, the book lost nothing of its value

Some biographies and translations of him have been much more helpful

Igore Henry Miller's comparisons of himself to Arthur Rimbaud, and enjoy everything else about this wonderful, energetic, brilliant work. Miller's insights into Rimbaud's genius, and creative genius in general, are timeless.

o.k.

My Son Loved it!

An interesting view point. Some valid and interesting viewpoints but also padded with some not so interesting theories. It is about Rimbaud but it is more about Miller himself. Great title and cover art.

Dirty book.