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Justice / by Tomaž Šalamun ; translated by Michael Thomas Taren.
- Title
- Justice / by Tomaž Šalamun ; translated by Michael Thomas Taren.
- Author
- Šalamun, Tomaž
- Publication
- Boston : Black Ocean, [2015]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | PG1919.29.A5 A6 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 136 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- "Slovenian poet , Tomaž Šalamun (1941-2014) is hailed as one of the most prominent poets of his generation, renowned for his impact on the Eastern European avant-garde movement. He authored over forty collections of poetry in Slovenian and English, experimenting with surrealism, polyphony, and absurdism. In this collection, which he was preparing before his recent death, he shows his mastery of sound, of uncomfortable twists of expectations, and reveals alleyways into humanity with sharp, minty lines amidst physical chaos and violence. Šalamun has helped shape an era of poetics with his electric imagination, refusal of boxed-in logic and custom, and sophisticated concision. His voice will linger on for years to come in the influence it has left with artists, writers, and readers. For a career born from a violent world, he has left a beautiful Justice behind --
- Uniform Title
- Poems. Selections. English
- Alternative Title
- Poems.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Translations
- Note
- "Translated from Slovenian to English, Justice is a selection of previously untranslated poetry of Tomaz Salamun that spans several collections and unpublished works from his career" -- Publisher's note.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781939568113
- 1939568110
- LCCN
- ^^2015030419
- OCLC
- 919316227
- SCSB-12299352
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library