From the Unreached Let Perception Radiate |
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| Author:
| Notaro, Domingo |
| Translator:
| McCarthy, Kay |
| Foreword by:
| Ferrara, Enrica Maria |
| Series title: | Italian Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62897-223-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
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| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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Domingo Notaro's poems struggle to fix an innocent gaze on a contemporary world that appears more and more fraught with inhumanity and cruelty. They explore themes of exile, fertility, the human body's connection to the wider cosmos, and the corrupting influence of power. Often literally scattered across the page, the poems compel the reader to become an active participant in a quest for sense and meaning. "Halfway between lucid vision and prophetic hallucination, Notaro's poems seem...
More DescriptionDomingo Notaro's poems struggle to fix an innocent gaze on a contemporary world that appears more and more fraught with inhumanity and cruelty. They explore themes of exile, fertility, the human body's connection to the wider cosmos, and the corrupting influence of power. Often literally scattered across the page, the poems compel the reader to become an active participant in a quest for sense and meaning. "Halfway between lucid vision and prophetic hallucination, Notaro's poems seem to lean over the edge of an infinite vacuum--terrifying, at times, like the undifferentiated darkness of an Hegelian night, or overwhelmingly beautiful like the azure depth of a blue sky."