The Hippopotamus (Essential Poets, 117.)
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Book Description
"Focusing always on the ‘spazi intermedi' or silent regions and objects that define our lives, The Hippopotamus is a scrupulous record of common, daily events engaged in their sultry search for some cosmic meaning. Throughout the search, the poet reminds his readers of the illusory jungle that surrounds them with his wry wit and subtle verbal shifts. These poems are fleeting glimpses of a magnetic and capricious universe that draws its inhabitants - often despite themselves - back again and again to view and review its mysteries and reflections" - Ann Snodgrass.
About the Author
Winner of several of Italy's most prestigious awards, Luciano Erba has established himself as one of the leading Italian poets of his generation. He is translator of J. de Sponde, B. Cendrars, P. Reverdy, H. Michaux, F. Ponge and Thom Gunn along with many other French and English poets. His more than ten volumes of poetry include: Il nastro di Moebius (Premio Viareggio, 1980), Il Tranviere Metafisico (Premio Bagutta, 1988), L'Ippopotamo (Premio Librex-Guggenheim Eugenio Montale), L'Ipotesi Circense (1995) and Nella terra di mezzo (2000).
Ann Snodgrass teaches at the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology.
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