Hatched in Belfast by a clutch of poets, egged on by the Romanian poet, eight writers well up the poetry pecking order cooked up this book in tribute to the Romanian master chef. These are not hard-boiled translations but lightly scrambled versions, and if some seem flavored with Heaney, Hughes, or Constantine, that's quite in keeping with the anarchic free-ranging spirit of Sorescu's comic genius. Our poets have poached freely from the original ingredients and whisked up a souffle of intriguing flavor and virtuosity. ...
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Hatched in Belfast by a clutch of poets, egged on by the Romanian poet, eight writers well up the poetry pecking order cooked up this book in tribute to the Romanian master chef. These are not hard-boiled translations but lightly scrambled versions, and if some seem flavored with Heaney, Hughes, or Constantine, that's quite in keeping with the anarchic free-ranging spirit of Sorescu's comic genius. Our poets have poached freely from the original ingredients and whisked up a souffle of intriguing flavor and virtuosity. Translators: Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, D.J. Enright, David Constantine, Michael Hamburger, Michael Longley, Paul Muldoon, and William Scannell.
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Very Good. First edition, American issue. Pictorial wrappers. Modest general wear including nicks at the spine ends, very good or better with a U.S. distributor label on the lower wrap, as issued. Poems translated ("not hard-boiled translations but lightly scrambled versions") by Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Paul Muldoon, Michael Longley, and others; some poems are printed in translations by two different poets.
