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The poems in Discoveries, written over the last four years, respond
to the uncertainties of our time with an unpredictability of their
own. Tim Dooley makes use of varied, sometimes arbitrary,
structures to explore possibilities of expression. Some poems
extemporise along lines of linguistic fantasy or celebrate
innovators of modernism, while others observe contemporary
experience with acuity. A sobering central section, structured in
100-word prose paragraphs, revisits a source of shame at the heart
of our history.
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In Winter Light (Paperback)
Philippe Jaccottet; Translated by Tim Dooley
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R363
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Discovery Miles 2 930
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'A la lumiere d'hiver' (1977) is a central work in the writing of
the Swiss French poet Philippe Jaccottet (1925-2021). Written in
middle age, it forms a bridge between the poet's intricate early
lyrics and his more expansive and meditative later work. Starting
from a direct confrontation with the raw facts of mortality, its
three poem-sequences strip away further layers of illusion until a
glimmer of meaning starts to appear in the 'winter light' of the
landscape of the Drome area of northern Provence, where Jaccottet
made his home from 1953 until the end of his life. Tim Dooley's
translation, 'In Winter Light', is the product of a long
relationship with the original, which he first read at the time of
its publication. His English version mirrors the tentative,
scrupulous exploration of being he finds in Jaccottet's French,
both its hesitancies and circular movements and, finally, its
'unblinking eyes'.
The Sound We Make Ourselves brings together a selection of writing
from forty-five years and includes thirteen poems published in book
form for the first time.
A brilliant collection of poems exploring ideas of sadness and
courage, from the time of the Arthurian legends to Brexit, with
Dooley's characteristic poise, wit, intelligence and compassion.
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