To the letter /
Tomasz Różycki's 'To the letter' intensifies his idiosyncratic struggle against the plague of nonsense, banality and lies. Set against the rise of authoritarianism, the poems contend with Eastern Europe's complex communal history to reveal the individual's yearning for an ab...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Polish. |
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Brooklyn, New York :
Archipelago Books,
2023.
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| Summary: | Tomasz Różycki's 'To the letter' intensifies his idiosyncratic struggle against the plague of nonsense, banality and lies. Set against the rise of authoritarianism, the poems contend with Eastern Europe's complex communal history to reveal the individual's yearning for an absent hero, be it angelic messenger, police detective, beloved or the protean poem himself, who might be able to rescue us from our hopelessness. Driven by the logic of longing, Rózycki traces patterns of words, images and thoughts to affirm the necessity of connection and love. |
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| Physical Description: | 127 pages ; 19 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781953861726 1953861725 |