Distant transit /
Haderlap, Maja 1961-
Distant transit / poems by Maja Haderlap ; translated from the German by Tess Lewis. - First Archipelago Books edition. - 85 pages 17 cm
"Infused with movement, Maja Haderlap's distant transit traverses Slovenia's scenic landscape and violent history, searching for a sense of place within its evershifting boundaries. Avoiding traditional forms and pronounced rhythms, Haderlap unleashes a flow of evocative, captivating passages whose power lies in their associative richness and precision of expression, vividly conjuring Slovenia's natural world - its rolling meadows, snow-capped alps, and sparkling Adriatic coast. Belonging to the Slovene ethnic minority and its inherited, transgenerational trauma, Haderlap explores the burden of history and the prolonged aftershock of conflict - warm, lavish pastoral passages conceal dark memories, and musings on the way language can create and dissolve borders reveal a deep longing for a sense of home. At its core, distant transit is an ode to survival, building a monument to traditions and lives lost"--
9781953861160
2021051386
Haderlap, Maja, 1961- Langer transit. --Translations into English.
Fellow Berlin Prize Fellow Class of Spring 2022
Poetry
PT2668.A27372 / L3313 2022
831/.914
Distant transit / poems by Maja Haderlap ; translated from the German by Tess Lewis. - First Archipelago Books edition. - 85 pages 17 cm
"Infused with movement, Maja Haderlap's distant transit traverses Slovenia's scenic landscape and violent history, searching for a sense of place within its evershifting boundaries. Avoiding traditional forms and pronounced rhythms, Haderlap unleashes a flow of evocative, captivating passages whose power lies in their associative richness and precision of expression, vividly conjuring Slovenia's natural world - its rolling meadows, snow-capped alps, and sparkling Adriatic coast. Belonging to the Slovene ethnic minority and its inherited, transgenerational trauma, Haderlap explores the burden of history and the prolonged aftershock of conflict - warm, lavish pastoral passages conceal dark memories, and musings on the way language can create and dissolve borders reveal a deep longing for a sense of home. At its core, distant transit is an ode to survival, building a monument to traditions and lives lost"--
9781953861160
2021051386
Haderlap, Maja, 1961- Langer transit. --Translations into English.
Fellow Berlin Prize Fellow Class of Spring 2022
Poetry
PT2668.A27372 / L3313 2022
831/.914