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Adonis: Selected Poems (2010)

by Adonis(Favorite Author)

4.27 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0300153066 (ISBN13: 9780300153064)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Yale University Press

review 1: Странно, откривах по-скоро малки вирчета с прясна вода в стихотворенията,рядко някое стихотворение да ме въодушеви в цялостта си. Напомнят ми духа на една антология на турски поети, която четох преди време - гравитираща около морето меланхолия, малко затормозяващо ме усещане за отколешност, повече съзерцателност, по-малко необичайност. Като реене беше четенето, от една страна приказно, от друга обаче ме остави с особено усещ�... more�не за безцелност. Може и английският превод да е отчасти причина, не знам, не знам... С една дума, харесах ги, но недотам, пък за мен това не се брои за харесване:)Ето някои "вирчета":I love the ocean not the shores.*My sadness wears night for its dress. It has nothing to wear during the day.*Wings but made of waxand the falling rain is not rain butships that sail our weeping.
review 2: Not going to lie- this was dense and tricky to get through. I often found myself reading the same lines over and over because I just couldn't seem to keep them in my head. All the same, I found myself copying out the poems that did leave an impression into various notebooks, so it wasn't an entirely wasted effort. Came away feeling slightly unhooked from myself so if I read with more concentration, who knows what might happen? It was something I had picked up on a whim, not knowing about his legacy or reputation and I would like to give him another try. Perhaps not while I'm sitting in a crowded bar... less

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