Enamel eyes, a fantasia on Paris, 1870: poems

Using multiple voices and poetic forms, Rogoff skillfully recreates the wonder and horror of these months of siege through the eyes of both ordinary and famous Parisians.

From political figures like Empress Eugénie and artists including Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet to 16-year-old Giuseppina Bozzacchi and other dancers in the premiere of Coppélia, the characters of Enamel Eyes bear witness to a surreal year that changed Paris and the lives of its citizens forever.