Goya As Dog: Selected Poems by Stefan Hertmans, translated by Donald Gardner
Shearsman Books
Better known in the Anglophone world as a novelist (War and Turpentine, The Ascent, The Convert), Stefan Hertmans is also an essayist, a dramatist, and, from the very beginning, a poet. Initially influenced by the concise art of the German poet, Paul Celan, Hertmans' work later opened up, using longer forms. This selected edition represents the full range of his work. 'With its insistent musicality, Hertmans' poetry lodges itself in the reader's memory. It also engages in a political and social discussion, which means that, while remaining highly concentrated work, it is anything but hermetic. Its relevance to current world issues, in combination with an almost traditional lyricism, makes him a unique figure in the Flemish scene. Perhaps the notion of 'metamorphosis' is a key to his work: each of his poems seems like a living creature, undergoing a transformation from start to finish.' (Donald Gardner)
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