Friends, You Drank Some Darkness, Three Swedish Poets: Harry Martinson, Gunnar Ekelöf & Tomas Tranströmer
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780807063910 (0807063916)
Publish date: May 28th 1975
Publisher: Beacon Press
Pages no: 267
Edition language: English
I suspect Bly is the only American capable of doing these poets justice in translation. I don't read Swedish, but have been advised his translations are exceptional and believe it, not that you should believe everything you hear but clearly the four poets are soul brothers. My favorite (after Bly) i...
I suspect Bly is the only American capable of doing these poets justice in translation. I don't read Swedish, but have been advised his translations are exceptional and believe it, not that you should believe everything you hear but clearly the four poets are soul brothers. My favorite (after Bly) i...