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Carnac (English, French, Paperback, Bilingual 'facing page' edition)
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Carnac (English, French, Paperback, Bilingual 'facing page' edition)
Series: Bloodaxe Contemporary French Poets
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One of France's most important modern poets, Eugene Guillevic
(1907-97) was born in Carnac in Brittany, and although he never
learned the Breton language, his personality is deeply marked by
his feeling of oneness with his homeland. His poetry has a
remarkable unity, driven by his desire to use words to bridge a
tragic gulf between man and a harsh and often apparently hostile
natural environment. For Guillevic, the purpose of poetry is to
arouse the sense of Being. In this poetry of description - where
entire landscapes are built up from short, intense texts - language
is reduced to its essentials, as words are placed on the page 'like
a dam against time'. When reading these poems, it is as if time is
being stopped for man to find himself again. Carnac (1961) marks
the beginning of Guillevic's mature life as a poet. A single poem
in several parts, it evokes the rocky, sea-bound, unfinished
landscape of Brittany with its sacred objects and its great silent
sense of waiting. The texts are brief but have a grave, meditative
serenity, as the poet seeks to effect balance and to help us 'to
make friends with nature' and to live in a universe which is
chaotic and often frightening. Introduction by Stephen Romer.
French-English bilingual edition. Bloodaxe Contemporary French
Poets: 9
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