El na Rivera's translation of Bernard No l's The Rest of the Voyage is at once original and remarkably faithful--indeed, its originality lies in the care and music the translator has brought to her commitment to follow No l's forms as closely as possible. Rivera succeeds beautifully in setting the rhythms of the French original into English. The succession of poems has a fluency that becomes as mesmerizing as any mode of transport, for Rivera is remarkably adept at varying the lines, landing with emphasis or muting the effect as she follows the speed and light of No l's themes. Those themes are no less than a meditation on the traveler's encounter with landscape in the late twentieth century. No l takes on distant shots and close-ups, moving too quickly to see particulars or so slowly that objects become abstractions, conveying the smells, tastes, and sounds of each location in wholes and parts, reflexively considering what is invisible to a visitor, and meditating on the ancient theme of the voyage of life with great vividness and freshness. No l is one of the most distinguished living writers in France. Yet Rivera's is the first translation of his poetry into English, and her work thus remedies an unfortunate weakness in English-language letters." --Susan Stewart, from the introduction
ISBN 9781555976002
Condition USED
Publisher GRAYWOLF PRESS
Artist / Author Bernard No†???L; El†???Na Rivera; Susan Stewart (Selected By,
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Type books
Format Paperback

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