Research Catalog

Title

The book for my brother / Tomaž Šalamun.

Author

Šalamun, Tomaž

Publication

Orlando,^^FL^^: Harcourt, Inc., 2006.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). Collections, repository. poe

Description

93 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

• This newest collection of poems from Tomaz Salamun is exuberant, ambitious, and full of surprises. Here the devil is encountered and understood- "I see the devil's head, people, I see his whole body . . . ""he longs for innocence, as we do. ""Here the poet juggles many tones, languages, and countries. Desire is evoked as both frustrating and exhilarating-""I'm watered by longing, knocking my""head into the wall, on the ground, or I burn, burn, ""folded up on the couch.""And memory.
• Comes back to remind us of the laws and experiences of childhood-""Once again you are let loose in the sea""only after five o'clock in the afternoon to take""a dose of sunlight like the ticking of the clock." At once daring and clear-voiced, The Book for My Brother is an extraordinary achievement.

Uniform Title

Knjiga za mojega brata. English

Alternative Title

Knjiga za mojega brata.

Subject

• Šalamun, Tomaž > Translations into English
• Šalamun, Tomaž

Genre/Form

• poetry.
• Translations
• Poetry
• Poésie.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

To have a friend (starting p. 1) -- To the heart (starting p. 2) -- Young cops (starting p. 4) -- Good morning (starting p. 5) -- The apple (starting p. 7) -- Nile (starting p. 9) -- (One day) (starting p. 10) -- History always exploits only steam (starting p. 11) -- His favorite ride (starting p. 12) -- Incredulous grandson (starting p. 14) -- 1962-1995 (starting p. 15) -- We club stars (starting p. 16) -- Look, brother (starting p. 17) -- Threw myself on the lid (starting p. 19) -- The writing (starting p. 21) -- The lime in the desert (starting p. 22) -- Coming back (starting p. 24) -- Ballad for Metka Krasovec (starting p. 25) -- Where are you (starting p. 29) -- Home (starting p. 30) -- Dog (starting p. 31) -- At night rabbits (starting p. 32) -- Borromini (starting p. 33) -- Sheets and embalming (starting p. 33) -- (It's you) (starting p. 37) -- Children's froth, children's clothing (starting p. 38) -- Cetinje (starting p. 39) -- Ring the bell (starting p. 40) -- To immerse the weight (starting p. 41) -- To Metka (starting p. 42) -- Little fears (starting p. 43) -- The whole of life (starting p. 46) -- Greek island (starting p. 48) -- Day (starting p. 49) -- Robi (starting p. 51) -- Young creatures (starting p. 56) -- In winter (starting p. 57) -- Porcini (starting p. 58) -- Kashogi (starting p. 59) -- Ridges of aromatic (starting p. 61) -- Sonnet of a Slovenian (starting p. 62) -- The flashlight (starting p. 63) -- Buffalo (starting p. 64) -- It is too hot (starting p. 66) -- (Watching all these) (starting p. 67) -- (Not the murder) (starting p. 68) -- Jumping on the cart full of cantaloupes (starting p. 69) -- Questions for little frogs (starting p. 71) -- Snow is all that's left (starting p. 73) -- Firmament above the cathedral (starting p. 74) -- The talk with the hairdresser from Tashkent (starting p. 75) -- Volga (starting p. 76) -- Poem for Cindy Kleine (starting p. 77) -- The letter (starting p. 80) -- The circle and the circle's argument (starting p. 82) -- Central park (starting p. 87) -- The breeding of prince (starting p. 89) -- Fou de Vincent (starting p. 91) -- Again the roads are silent (starting p. 93)

ISBN

• 9780156032056
• 0156032058

LCCN

^^2005031614

OCLC

62281753

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library