Download or read book Rimbaud in Java written by Jamie James and published by Editions Didier Millet. This book was released on 2011 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At eighteen, the French poet Rimbaud proclaimed: 'My day is done; I'm leaving Europe. The sea air will burn my lungs; lost climes will tan my skin.' Three years later, in 1876, he joined the Royal Army of the Dutch Indies and sailed for Java, where he promptly deserted and fled into the jungle.