- published in 2000
- translated in German but not in French
- biography
- written in chronical order, like a documentary
- consists 4 parts with a certain number of chapters
- information about every period of his life
- not easy to read
- detailed
- many citations
- Arthur Rimbaud's life, history of France, spirit of the time (1850-1900)
- known as a poet, rebel against the bourgeois, idol
- informations about investigation and other biographers