Always Different - Poems of Memory (Paperback)

The poems in Jenei's collection Always Different: Poems of Memory grapple with childhood, memory, and time. The poet looks back forty years and imagines himself as a boy-the narrator of the poems-looking forward into the future. Thus the poems combine moments with sweeps of time, village scenes with rumblings of societal and technological change. In the tradition of Hungarian writers Peter Nadas and Agota Kristof, Jenei grapples with war and destruction, loneliness, desire, and loss. The literary historian Eva Banki calls Jenei "one of the great masters of Hungarian free verse"-adding that his poems also hold an epic theme, "the strange underworld of the Kadar era, rural Hungary shown through a child's eye." Through their storytelling, searching, and rhythms, these poems take us into our communal yet private longing for self-knowledge, history, and home.

General

Imprint:	Deep Vellum Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	Gyula Jenei
Translators:	Diana Senechal
Dimensions:	228 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-1-64605-123-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-64605-123-8
Barcode:	9781646051236

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