Homage to the Lame Wolf: Selected Poems
by Vasko Popa
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Author: Vasko PopaTranslator: Charles Simic
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1987-12
ISBN: 0932440223
Number of pages: 163
Publisher: Oberlin College Press
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Book Review: Great translation of a work of wonder
Summary: 4 Stars
I've read two translations of Popa's works. Some individual poems were in both collections. This translation was far better--more poetic. The other may have been more literal, I don't know (it's called "Collected Poems"). This one appears to reflect the poet's feelings. It's quite beautiful as well as frequently profound. I discovered Popa by listening to the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago audiotape, "The Yawn of Yawns: On the Psychology of Revelation--An Exploration of the Poetry of Vasko Popa" by Josip Pasic. The tape's catalog description states: "the work of te great 20th century Slavic poet...talks about the most basic geometry of the human mind--the archetype of archetypes." It's great. The translator has done a wonderful service to the English reading public.
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