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 Aleš
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 is essential hides in the marginal, negligent,
and hardly observed details. Whoever strives to see the 'big
picture' will inevitably overlook the essential... Novak's]
wide-open eyes must watch over both the beauty of this life and the
horror of its destruction."
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