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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Still Life with Children

Still Life with Children

Parcerisas, Francesc
Cassells, Cyrus

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1622885430
ISBN13: 9781622885435
Publisher: Sfa Pr
Published: Mar 28 2019
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Awarded the Souerette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation of a Book from the Texas Institute of Letters

Cyrus Cassells' vibrant translations grow on the page as though the essence of Francesc Parcerisas' work has also moved forward in a Janus-like fashion. These translations are not simply the same poems in a different language; Cassells has crafted new poetry. The gentle and delicate rhythms of Parcerisas have been contracted into shorter lines that explore sharper cadences whilst Cassells carefully maintains a sensitive continuity in the opening feet. This is poetry for the ear first and the page second, Cassells has stronger consonants at his disposal, a resource that he skilfully exploits. The ultimate product of his labours is a short collection of poetry that reads and feels like a work of English Literature, a sensation that is perhaps the highest compliment one may bestow upon a Literary Translation.

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