This collection has the dizzying vividness of heightened perception. In poem after poem, solitude, war, exile and pain are illuminated with unforgettable subtlety, poignancy and detail. In the midst of war and chaos Susko maintains a spirit of wonder in his exquisitely crafted verse. |Conversation|, a poem in this collection, was shortlisted for the prestigious Guardian Forward Poetry Prize.
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 9 mm
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978-1-885586-34-6 (9781885586346)
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Born in Sarajevo during WWII, Susko is a witness and survivor of the Bosnian War and was badly wounded while giving interviews to journalists in 1992. Susko has published 66 books which are mostly his translations into Croatian. He has translated 20th-century African American Poetry, fiction by Donald Barthelme, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, John Hawkes, James Baldwin and many others.
