This capacious anthology has selections from the authors you would expect to find, from others you may be less familiar with, and from writers you might not expect to show up in this company. The result is a treasure trove of unusual fiction, one of the most exciting anthologies to appear in the last decade. This is a poet's companion, a student's delight, great bedside reading: the kind of book you'd take to a desert island!

Magical Realist Fiction: An Anthology

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Oberlin College Press

Winner of the PEN Translation Prize, these translations by noted American poet Charles Wright bring one of the major collections of poetry in this century to English-speaking authors. Nobel laureate Eugenio Montale considered La Bufera e Altro (The Storm and Other Poems) his best book.

The Storm and Other Poems

Eugenio Montale

Benjamin Peret is a poet like no other, "the quintessential Surrealist poet," according to Luis Bunuel. One of the original group of Surrealists, he seceded from the Dadaists in 1924 and remained faithful to Surrealist principles until his death in 1959. His irreverence and incandescent imagination remain fresh and funny, and they are perfectly captured in this inspired, idiomatic translation. From the Hidden Storehouse represents the enormous range of Peret's career in generous selections from his five best books, published between 1928 and 1947. This first book-length American translation of his work includes an introduction by the distinguished poet and translator Charles Simic.

From the Hidden Storehouse: Selected Poems (Field Translation Series)

Péret, Benjamin

Hollaman, Keith

Luis Bunuel called Péret “the quintessential surrealist poet.” Benjamin Peret is a poet like no other. One of the original group of Surrealists, he seceded from Dada in 1924 and remained faithful to Surrealist principles until his death in 1959. His irreverence and incandescent imagination remain fresh and funny, and they are perfectly captured in this inspired, idomatic translation.

From the Hidden Storehouse: Selected Poems

Benjamin Péret

This vivid presentation of Campana demonstrates why Italian readers have cherished his poems since the first appearance of Canti Orfici in 1914. Charles Wright’s translation, Jonathan Galassi’s introduction, and, as afterword, Montale’s thoughtful essay on Campana, identify the heart of this poet’s achievement.

Orphic Songs (Field Translation Series) (Volume 9)

Dino Campana

This vivid presentation of Campana demonstrates why Italian readers have cherished his poems since the first appearance of Canti Orfici in 1914. Charles Wright’s translation, Jonathan Galassi’s introduction, and, as afterword, Montale’s thoughtful essay on Campana, identify the heart of this poet’s achievement.

Orphic Songs (Volume 9)

On Account Of: Selected Poems

Krolow's more than twenty volumes of verse, each with a recognizable face of its own, reflect the development of German poetry since the Second World War as no other single literary ouevre does. This anthology offers poems from span twenty five years, providing a full introduction to the second half of his career for the English reader.

On Account Of: Selected Poems (Volume 10)

Karl Krolow

Krolow's more than twenty volumes of verse, each with a recognizable face of its own, reflect the development of German poetry since the Second World War as no other single literary ouevre does. This anthology offers poems from span twenty five years, providing a full introduction to the second half of his career for the English reader.

The title sequence is justly famous as one of the major pieces of literature to come out of the Holocaust. It appears here with a new selection of Abba Kovner's work spanning his forty-plus years as one of Israel's leading poets. The noted American-Israeli poet Shirley Kaufman had the privilege of working directly with Kovner on these versions in the years before his death. 
Hardcover is un-jacketed.

My Little Sister and Selected Poems, 1965-1985

Abba Kovner

Our first version of this selection from one of Eastern Europe's major figures sold out. The new version adds two sequences--"Give Me Back My Rage" and "Heaven's Ring"--as well as some previously unpublished sections of the justly famous series, "The Little Box." Simic and Popa are a perfect match. A book for surrealists, mythographers, postmodernists, scientists, and lovers of poetry and games. Winner of the PEN Translation Prize.

Homage to the Lame Wolf: Selected Poems

Vasko Popa

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