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The Book of Mara (Paperback, New)
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The Book of Mara (Paperback, New)
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Loot Price R529
Discovery Miles 5 290
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Ada Negri, the author of ten volumes of poetry who enjoyed an
international reputation for her frank and passionate writing, had
a tormented love affair with a man whose life was cut short by
premature death. She translated this experience into "The Book of
Mara," in essence one long poem arising from a woman's most
intimate place as if in a visceral scream - a most passionate
expression of love, loss and redemption. Written with unusual
frankness, especially in view of Italian society of the time, "The
Book of Mara," along with "Songs of the Island," is considered the
high point of Negri's poetic work. Through metrical and formal
execution, "The Book of Mara" demonstrates the originality of her
verse, which opens up to a more personal dimension - almost
prose-like. Her verse is impressionistic, almost mystical, spanned
with bristling lyrics, sudden igniting bursts and visionary
flashes. Negri's poetry was made by going deep inside herself, into
the travail of her childhood, into the solitude and the
sleeplessness around an uncertain future, into the wounds of sorrow
and the misfortune that befalls each one of us. Her poems express
an ardent though fruitless hope, in wait of a great love; made
light by those rare moments of abandon and happiness. First English
translation, by Maria A Costantini. Dual-language edition.
Introduction, bibliography. 118 pages.
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