Vigil Poems |
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Author:
| Royer, Jean |
Translator:
| D'Alfonso, Antonio |
Series title: | Essential Translations Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-77183-331-8 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
Publisher: | Guernica Editions, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $20.00USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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This compilation of three of his books is a fine introduction to this emotional poet to English-speaking readers. Kindled by the death of his mother and his partner, Micheline LaFrance, Royer has set out to delve in poetic verse a world that seems to be fading away. References are made to writers that have influenced the poet, while he explores in short-lined verse about state of wakefulness for which death is responsible. There is also a sense of vigil, of watch, of alert in these...
More DescriptionThis compilation of three of his books is a fine introduction to this emotional poet to English-speaking readers. Kindled by the death of his mother and his partner, Micheline LaFrance, Royer has set out to delve in poetic verse a world that seems to be fading away. References are made to writers that have influenced the poet, while he explores in short-lined verse about state of wakefulness for which death is responsible. There is also a sense of vigil, of watch, of alert in these precise and simple words. An elder speaks to the young. It is with honour that I will tackle the translation of these moving poems that form the latest work of one of the last of a generation of poets that have passed away in the last decade.