This volume provides their French texts with an English translation by Richard Howard, completing the publication in Bollingen Series of the collected poetry of St.-John Perse. Originally published in 1977.
The text also explores how the relationship individuals have with media is created, therefore helping them alleviate its harmful effects and enhance the positive ones.
Marie-Noelle Little's expansive prologue to this book, sets the stage for situating the two world-renowned personalities in their exchange of letters during the six years before Hammarskjold's death.