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The Master of Insomnia (Slovenian Literature)
Boris A Novak
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Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
A collision between contemporary poetics and the Renaissance lyric, between aestheticism and political engagement, "The Master of Insomnia" is a collection of Slovenian poet Boris A. Novak's verse from the last fifteen years, including numerous poems never before available in English. In these sensitive translations, Novak stands revealed as both innovator and observer; as critic Ale Debeljak has written: "The poet's power in bearing witness to Sarajevo and Dalmatia, to his childhood room and his retired father, to the indifferent passage of time and the desperate pain of loss, confirms the melancholy clairvoyance of Walter Benjamin, who stated that what ... Read more
A collision between contemporary poetics and the Renaissance lyric, between aestheticism and political engagement, "The Master of Insomnia" is a collection of Slovenian poet Boris A. Novak's verse from the last fifteen years, including numerous poems never before available in English. In these sensitive translations, Novak stands revealed as both innovator and observer; as critic Ale Debeljak has written: "The poet's power in bearing witness to Sarajevo and Dalmatia, to his childhood room and his retired father, to the indifferent passage of time and the desperate pain of loss, confirms the melancholy clairvoyance of Walter Benjamin, who stated that what ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564787835
SKU
9781564787835
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About Boris A Novak
Born in Serbia in 1953, Boris A. Novak is a poet, playwright, editor, essayist, and translator of Bosnian, British, American, French, Provencal, Italian, and German poetry into Slovenian. He has also written for children and published works of literary criticism. He is considered one of the most important living Slovenian poets, and has more then fifty-three books to his name. ... Read more
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