Long celebrated as a master of the arresting, suggestive image, Transtromer is a poet of the liminal: drawn again and again to thresholds of light and of water, the boundaries between man and nature, wakefulness and dream. A deeply spiritual but secular writer, his scepticism about humanity is continually challenged by the implacable renewing power of the natural world. His poems are epiphanies rooted in experience: spare, luminous meditations that his extraordinary images split open - exposing something sudden, mysterious and unforgettable. In this bilingual edition Robin Robertson's magnificent translations are faced by their Swedish counterparts, giving any reader an impression of the original rhythm and music of Transtromer's poetry.
- ISBN10 1904634486
- ISBN13 9781904634485
- Publish Date 31 August 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 December 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Enitharmon Press
- Edition Bilingual ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 47
- Language English