Name: alphabet
SKU: 1613544
Price: 628.00 TWD
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Author: Christensen, Inger ; Nied, Susanna
ISBN: 9780811214773

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Author

Inger Christensen

Translated by

Susanna Nied

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.5x13.4x0.6 cm

Weight

0.09 kg.

ISBN

081121477X

ISBN13

9780811214773

Synopsis "alphabet"

Awarded the American-Scandinavian PEN Translation Prize by Michael Hamburger, Susanna Nied's translation of alphabet introduces Inger Christensen's poetry to US readers for the first time. Born in 1935, Inger Christensen is Denmark's best known poet. Her award-winning alphabet is based structurally on Fibonacci's sequence (a mathematical sequence in which each number is the sum of the two previous numbers), in combination with the alphabet. The gorgeous poetry herein reflects a complex philosophical background, yet has a visionary quality, discovering the metaphysical in the simple stuff of everyday life. In alphabet, Christensen creates a framework of psalm-like forms that unfold like expanding universes, while crystallizing both the beauty and the potential for destruction that permeate our times.

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