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Treason
Hedi Kaddour
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Description for Treason
Hardback. Full of sensuality, erudition, and wit, Hedi Kaddour's poetry arises from observation, from situations both ordinary and emblematic - of contemporary life, of human stubbornness, human invention, human cruelty, and of the way the past invisibly inflects and inflicts the present. This title presents an English translation of his work. Translator(s): Hacker, Marilyn. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBT; 2ADF; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340. Poems by Hedi Kaddour. 192 pages. Full of sensuality, erudition, and wit, Hedi Kaddour's poetry arises from observation, from situations both ordinary and emblematic - of contemporary life, of human stubbornness, human invention, human cruelty, and of the way the past invisibly inflects and inflicts the present. This title presents an English translation of his work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBT; 2ADF; DCF; DSC. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 18. Weight: 340. Translator(s): Hacker, Marilyn.
Hedi Kaddour's poetry arises from observation, from situations both ordinary and emblematic-of contemporary life, of human stubbornness, human invention, or human cruelty. With Treason, the award-winning poet and translator Marilyn Hacker presents an English-speaking audience with the first selected volume of his work. The poetries of several languages and literary traditions are lively and constant presences in the work of Hedi Kaddour, a Parisian as well as a Germanist and an Arabist. A walker's, a watcher's, and a listener's poems, his sonnet-shaped vignettes often include a line or two of dialogue that turns his observations and each poem ... Read more
Hedi Kaddour's poetry arises from observation, from situations both ordinary and emblematic-of contemporary life, of human stubbornness, human invention, or human cruelty. With Treason, the award-winning poet and translator Marilyn Hacker presents an English-speaking audience with the first selected volume of his work. The poetries of several languages and literary traditions are lively and constant presences in the work of Hedi Kaddour, a Parisian as well as a Germanist and an Arabist. A walker's, a watcher's, and a listener's poems, his sonnet-shaped vignettes often include a line or two of dialogue that turns his observations and each poem ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300149586
SKU
V9780300149586
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About Hedi Kaddour
Hedi Kaddour is the author of five books of poems, two novels, and a book of nonfiction. Marilyn Hacker is an award-winning poet, translator, and critic.
Reviews for Treason
"Thoroughly delightful, Kaddour's poetics offer readers proof of the transcendent qualities of literature."-Library Journal Library Journal "Hacker has done for Hedi Kaddour what John and Bogdana Carpenter and Michael Hoffman have done respectively for the poetry of Zbigniew Herbert and Durs Grunbein, introducing to an English speaking readership a major poet of his language, brilliantly bringing his poetry into our ... Read more