Each letter is written from a specific place that Hugo has made his own (a “triggering town,” as he has called it elsewhere) to a friend, a fellow poet, an old love. We read over the poet’s shoulder as the town triggers the imagination, the friendship is re-opened, the poet’s selfhood is explored and illuminated. The “dreams” turn up unexpectedly (as dreams do) among the letters; their haunting images give further depth to the poet’s exploration. Are we overhearing them? Who is the “you” that dreams?
- ISBN10 0393044904
- ISBN13 9780393044904
- Publish Date 1 April 1977 (first published 1 January 1977)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 November 1992
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Paperback
- Pages 80
- Language English