A comprehensive bi-lingual sampling of Pierre Reverdy's (1889-1960) poetry. Ably edited and translated, with commentary and notes by Mary Ann Caws and additional translations by Patricia Terry, this edition provides a more in depth look than many of the volumes that currently provide small samplings of his poetry and writings. Includes all of Reverdy's Les Ardoises du toit (The Roof Slates), representing many of his finest poems in verse and follows with his wonderful prose poems presented chronologically.