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The poet is named Blaise Cendrars. Cendrars had seven uncles and all seven were named Alfred and they all made a single passport with this name and they passed it back and forth among themselves. This book talks about them. Blaise Cendrars, which also wasn’t his real name, his real name was Frédéric Sauser (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 1887 – Paris 1961), was a writer with an adventurous life whose globe-trotting left a lot of landmarks behind. In Panama, the poet compiled his childhood memories (written in 1913-14), which include his fascination for books and journeys. A world of wonders appeared before his eyes to quench his thirst for beautiful stories. The illustrator is named Fabio Zimbres (São Paulo, Brazil, 1960) and he has navigated his own boat built with lines and explosions to sail along a Channel that promises a very topsy-turvy voyage.
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