alphabet
ISBN-13:
9780811214773
ISBN-10:
081121477X
Author:
Inger Christensen
Publication date:
2001
Publisher:
New Directions
Format:
Paperback
64 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780811214773
ISBN-10:
081121477X
Author:
Inger Christensen
Publication date:
2001
Publisher:
New Directions
Format:
Paperback
64 pages
Summary
alphabet (ISBN-13: 9780811214773 and ISBN-10: 081121477X), written by authors
Inger Christensen, was published by New Directions in 2001.
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A startling and gorgeous work by Denmark's most admired poet finally available in English translation.
Awarded the American-Scandinavian PEN Translation Prize by Michael Hamburger, Susanna Nied's translation of alphabet introduces Inger Christensen's poetry to US readers for the first time. Born in 1935, Inger Christensen is Denmark's best known poet. Her award-winning alphabet is based structurally on Fibonacci's sequence (a mathematical sequence in which each number is the sum of the two previous numbers), in combination with the alphabet. The gorgeous poetry herein reflects a complex philosophical background, yet has a visionary quality, discovering the metaphysical in the simple stuff of everyday life. In alphabet, Christensen creates a framework of psalm-like forms that unfold like expanding universes, while crystallizing both the beauty and the potential for destruction that permeate our times.
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