| The Siege (l'Assedio) Contributor(s): Bortolani, Ljuba Merlina (Author), de Palchi, Alfredo (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1929918283 ISBN-13: 9781929918287 Publisher: BOA Editions OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: Written when Ms. Bortolani was fifteen years old, "The Siege (L'assedio)" is driven by a brazen, exuberant voice and a linguistic acrobatics not unlike that of the most celebrated European teen prodigy poet-Arthur Rimbaud. Phantasmagorical and surreal, the poems move us through the chameleon-shadings of lust and love. Ljuba Merlina Bortolani was born in Bologna in November 1980. She is the author of three poetic sequences. She is a student at the University of Bologna. Michael Palma is a world-renown, prize-winning translator of Italian poetry. His terza-rima translation of Dante's "Inferno" will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2002. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Body, Mind & Spirit | Spiritualism - General |
| Dewey: 851.92 |
| LCCN: 2002022330 |
| Series: Lannan Translations Selections |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.32 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written when Ms. Bortolani was fifteen years old, The Siege (L'assedio) is driven by a brazen, exuberant voice and a linguistic acrobatics not unlike that of the most celebrated European teen prodigy poet--Arthur Rimbaud. Phantasmagorical and surreal, the poems move us through the chameleon-shadings of lust and love. Ljuba Merlina Bortolani was born in Bologna in November 1980. She is the author of three poetic sequences. She is a student at the University of Bologna. Michael Palma is a world-renown, prize-winning translator of Italian poetry. His terza-rima translation of Dante's Inferno will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2002. |