Elegies and other poems

Fülszöveg

AND OTHER POEMS by LARS GUSTAFSSON
edited by christopher middleton
Lars Gustafsson is one of Sweden's leading and most prolific men of let-
ters—a poet, philosopher, and fiction writer with dozens of books to his
credit since his literary debut, at the age of twenty, in 1956. Although
known in the English-speaking world primarily for his novels and short
fiction, Gustafsson is nevertheless one of the most frequently translated
of contemporary Swedish poets. Elegies and Other Poems is a companion
volume to The Stillness of the World Before Bach (New Directions, 1988).
As in that earlier gathering, editor Christopher Middleton has made his
selection from several of the poet's books and included his own transla-
tions as well as those of others: Yvonne Sandstroem, Bill Brookshire,
and Philip Martin. Readers of Gustafsson s fiction will recognize in his
verse the elegant mix of intellect and sheer play, the ruminations of a
mind that apprehends humanity in the riddles of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

AND OTHER POEMS by LARS GUSTAFSSON
edited by christopher middleton
Lars Gustafsson is one of Sweden's leading and most prolific men of let-
ters—a poet, philosopher, and fiction writer with dozens of books to his
credit since his literary debut, at the age of twenty, in 1956. Although
known in the English-speaking world primarily for his novels and short
fiction, Gustafsson is nevertheless one of the most frequently translated
of contemporary Swedish poets. Elegies and Other Poems is a companion
volume to The Stillness of the World Before Bach (New Directions, 1988).
As in that earlier gathering, editor Christopher Middleton has made his
selection from several of the poet's books and included his own transla-
tions as well as those of others: Yvonne Sandstroem, Bill Brookshire,
and Philip Martin. Readers of Gustafsson s fiction will recognize in his
verse the elegant mix of intellect and sheer play, the ruminations of a
mind that apprehends humanity in the riddles of the universe. ("Clocks
tick tentatively in tropical rooms,/Time takes children with it, makes
them grow.//Where the children stood, suddenly silence.")
"Lars Gustafsson has an uncompromising vision of the utter complexity
of modern life. He loves to play with possibilities and solutions in a
manner that is refreshingly affirmative." —Eric O. Johannesson,
The New York Times Book Review
"To the reader, he is a mosaic of delight." —Best Sellers
Cover photograph by Kelly Bugden; design by Sylvia Frezzolini Severance
Also by Lars Gustafsson: Bernard Foy's Third Castling; The Death of a
Beekeeper; Funeral Music for Freemasons; Sigismund; Stories of Happy People;
The Tale of a Dog; A Tilers Afternoon.
ISBN D-flllS-lMMl-l Vissza