| The Plural of Happiness: Volume 28 Contributor(s): de Coninck, Herman (Author), Bosselaar, Laure-Anne (Translator), Brown, Kurt (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0932440304 ISBN-13: 9780932440303 Publisher: Oberlin College Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2006 Annotation: Belgium's leading poet for many decades, Herman de Coninck has never been translated in English and collected in a single extended volume until now. Witty, tender, trenchant, wise, de Coninck's poems range from playful, terse love lyrics to darkly ironic, somberly truthful observations about human experience. The ability to compress huge subjects into small, formally sculptured poems is a hallmark of his style; conversely, what might seem too small to write about is often transformed by his imagination into his understanding of war, and of how psychological imperatives and social roles may trap us in self-destructive fates. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 839.311 |
| LCCN: 2006023082 |
| Series: Field Translation |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.34" W x 8.96" (0.40 lbs) 110 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Herman de Coninck, Belgium's leading poet for many decades, appears in English in a single volume for the first time. Witty, tender, trenchant, wise, de Coninck's poems range from playful, terse love lyrics to darkly ironic, somberly truthful observations about human experience. Bosselaar and Brown, both fine poets in their own right, are skillful translators. |
