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The Burning of the Books and Other Poems
George Szirtes
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Description for The Burning of the Books and Other Poems
Paperback. An exploration of the range and flexibility of a voice that is attuned to the patterns of history and the way such patterns transform our sense of the present. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216. 8vo .Some minor shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and Inscribed by the Author
The title-poem of George Szirtes' "The Burning of the Books and Other Poems" is the core of this collection of narrative sequences by a writer who came to Britain as a child refugee after the Hungarian Uprising. Book burning is associated with the Nazis' burning of what they considered to be subversive books in 1933, but the practice has a long history, right down to our own day. In this particular case the burning refers to the library of Kien, the scholar, in Elias Canetti's novel "Auto Da Fé". The poems follow and expand from the events of Canetti's book ... Read more
The title-poem of George Szirtes' "The Burning of the Books and Other Poems" is the core of this collection of narrative sequences by a writer who came to Britain as a child refugee after the Hungarian Uprising. Book burning is associated with the Nazis' burning of what they considered to be subversive books in 1933, but the practice has a long history, right down to our own day. In this particular case the burning refers to the library of Kien, the scholar, in Elias Canetti's novel "Auto Da Fé". The poems follow and expand from the events of Canetti's book ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Signed by the author
Yes
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852248420
SKU
KEX0280835
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Ref
99-1
About George Szirtes
George Szirtes was born in Budapest in 1948, and came to England with his family after the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. He was educated in England, training as a painter, and has always written in English. In recent years he has worked as a translator of Hungarian literature, producing editions of such writers as Ottó Orbán, Zsuzsa Rakovszky and Ágnes Nemes ... Read more
Reviews for The Burning of the Books and Other Poems
Any new collection from George Szirtes will treat its readers to a unique poetic combination: immense versatility and virtuosity when it comes to form, but also a tireless sympathy that dwells clear-sightedly on shocks, traumas and hard-won renewals from a century of migration and massacre. This volume has typically strong-voiced sequences… But its title sequence truly takes the breath away: ... Read more