Come to Me - Couverture souple

Verdins, Karlis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908376228 ISBN 13 : 9781908376220

Editeur : Arc Publications, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Verdins poetry displays modern sensibility suffused with urban sophistication. In everyday scenes he lays bare what is most noble in human relationships, alongside the basest fears and anxieties. Irony and sarcasm somehow never seem to obscure the warmth of Karlis's voice and his attention to intimate details.

His narrative poems are precise, focusing on what may otherwise be overlooked. Whether fable-like in tone, or ruminating on the familiar such as lying in bed, bathing, drinking water and chatting, Verdins' observation is sensual, often sexy.

The erotic is as part of his experience as eating, perhaps the two are inseparable beautiful as everything that enters your life , just as the world tips into surprising angles, where emotions are upended and light fills every shadow.

This book represents Karlis at the peak of his poetic power: gripping, vivid and not a little romantic. Karlis himself says: "I try to say something that I would like to present as beautiful or, on the contrary, something that can not and must not be taken as beautiful."

Biographie de l'auteur :

Karlis Verdins was born in 1979 in Riga. He has published five books of poetry: Ledlaui (Icebreakers, 2001), Biezpiens ar krejumu (Cottage Cheese with Sour Cream, 2004), Burtinu zupa (Alphabet Soup, for children, 2007), Es (I, 2008), and Mes: kopota dzeja (We: Collected Poetry, 2012). He is a renowned critic, has published many essays on literature as well as translations of European and American poets (including T.S. Eliot, Konstantin Biebl, Georg Trakl, Joseph Brodsky, Walt Whitman), and has also written libretti and song lyrics. His own poetry has been translated in many languages, including collections in Russian and Polish.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arc Publications
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1908376228
• ISBN 13: 9781908376220
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96