The renowned Italian poet Valerio Magrelli has forged a unique approach for exploring the subtleties of language, a poetry of perception that takes the measure of its own veerings, "the exact degree / of deviation." His poems are histories of the inner life that turn into X-rays of the urban and the global, and press the intelligence into the service of the senses. Magrelli's poems condense the abstract and the intensely physical, subjecting modern experience to a minute and naked scrutiny. Not since Eugenio Montale has a poet brought together in one voice so many strands of the Italian lyric tradition and handled them with such originality.
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The renowned Italian poet Valerio Magrelli has forged a unique approach for exploring the subtleties of language, a poetry of perception that takes the measure of its own veerings, "the exact degree / of deviation." His poems are histories of the inner life that turn into X-rays of the urban and the global, and press the intelligence into the service of the senses. Magrelli's poems condense the abstract and the intensely physical, subjecting modern experience to a minute and naked scrutiny. Not since Eugenio Montale has a poet brought together in one voice so many strands of the Italian lyric tradition and handled them with such originality.
Imprint | Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | August 2011 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | August 2011 |
Authors | Valerio Magrelli |
Translators | Jamie McKendrick |
Dimensions | 218 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 272 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-374-53281-9 |
Barcode | 9780374532819 |
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LSN | 0-374-53281-8 |