Final Matters - Selected Poems, 2004-2010 (Hardcover)

An award-winning translator presents selections from the haunting final volumes of a leading voice in contemporary Hungarian poetry Szilard Borbely, one of the most celebrated writers to emerge from post-Communist Hungary, received numerous literary awards in his native country. In this volume, acclaimed translator Ottilie Mulzet reveals the full range and force of Borbely's verse by bringing together generous selections from his last two books, Final Matters and To the Body. The original Hungarian text is set on pages facing the English translations, and the book also features an afterword by Mulzet that places the poems in literary, historical, and biographical context. Restless, curious, learned, and alert, Borbely weaves into his work an unlikely mix of Hungarian folk songs, Christian and Jewish hymns, classical myths, police reports, and unsettling accounts of abortions. In her afterword, Mulzet calls this collection "a blasphemous and fragmentary prayer book ... that challenges us to rethink the boundaries of victimhood, culpability, and our own religious and cultural definitions."

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation
Release date:	February 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Szilard Borbely
Translators:	Ottilie Mulzet
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-18242-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Promotions
LSN:	0-691-18242-6
Barcode:	9780691182421

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