Here are fifty-four poems by the Romanian poet Marin Sorescu. The poems were written (to quote the poet) "So that researchers of the year 4000 / Will certify that I existed / Around the middle of the 20th Century. / More or less." They are characterized by irony "We wonder at nothing, / We make constant progress" and a sense of surprise "We learned at every turn / To be everlasting." Symmetries has been translated by John Robert Colombo, a Toronto poet and editor, and Petronela Nego anu, a Bucharest translator and writer."
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Here are fifty-four poems by the Romanian poet Marin Sorescu. The poems were written (to quote the poet) "So that researchers of the year 4000 / Will certify that I existed / Around the middle of the 20th Century. / More or less." They are characterized by irony "We wonder at nothing, / We make constant progress" and a sense of surprise "We learned at every turn / To be everlasting." Symmetries has been translated by John Robert Colombo, a Toronto poet and editor, and Petronela Nego anu, a Bucharest translator and writer."
Imprint | Dundurn Group |
Country of origin | Canada |
Release date | March 1982 |
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First published | March 1982 |
Authors | Marin Sorescu |
Translators | John Robert Colombo, Petronela Negoşanu |
Dimensions | 222 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 63 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-88882-055-6 |
Barcode | 9780888820556 |
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LSN | 0-88882-055-0 |