Hippodrome
Published on 3. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-938890-13-0 (ISBN)
Description
Despite the natural divides between English and Slovene, throughout Hippodrome there are echoes of a familiar American modernism in Miklavz Komelj's polyglot, esoteric references, and in his sense of himself as embedded in an international tradition. Komelj is a bit of a chimera: his book includes imagistic lyrics, pastiches of quotes, persona poems, political polemics, and a reasonably faithful translation of Seneca. He references Futurist operas, NATO military action, personal friends, and literary and artistic heroes. His view is wide and deep, but throughout this book, and despite all these shifts in attention and approach, he builds a stable, unique vision.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-938890-13-0 (9781938890130)
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Persons
Miklavz Komelj: Hippodrome was Komelj's fourth book of poems in Slovene. He published his first, Luc delfina, when he was only seventeen. He has published seven collections of poems to date, and his work has been anthologized regularly.
Dan Rosenberg: His first book, The Crushing Organ, won the 2011 American Poetry Journal Book Prize. His poems have appeared recently or are forthcoming in several journals, including Pleiades, American Letters & Commentary, Subtropics, and Gulf Coast.
Boris Gregoric: He has published six books of short fiction and writes regularly for the Croatian national radio. He has won several literary awards, including the prestigious Goran Yugoslav national award for young poets in 1988.
Dan Rosenberg: His first book, The Crushing Organ, won the 2011 American Poetry Journal Book Prize. His poems have appeared recently or are forthcoming in several journals, including Pleiades, American Letters & Commentary, Subtropics, and Gulf Coast.
Boris Gregoric: He has published six books of short fiction and writes regularly for the Croatian national radio. He has won several literary awards, including the prestigious Goran Yugoslav national award for young poets in 1988.