One of the key works of the poet and artist Henri Michaux (1899-1984) whose original approach intertwines the written word with his visionary paintings and drawings.

First published in 1972, this English language translation of Henri Michaux's celebrated book mergences- R surgences has been published on the occasion of the exhibition Untitled Passages by Henri Michaux organized by The Drawing Center in New York.

Part essay, part poem--by turns lyric, ekphrastic, didactic, gnomic, and comic--it is also one of Michaux's most sustained self-portraits.