Seasonal Time Change : Selected Poems

Krüger, Michael; Given, Joseph (TRN)

ISBN 10: 0857428276 / ISBN 13: 9780857428271

Verlag: Seagull Books, 2021

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 41469845

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Seasonal Time Change : Selected Poems
• Verlag: Seagull Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0857428276
• ISBN-13: 9780857428271
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: As New

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Inhaltsangabe

Our twice-yearly daylight savings holiday, in which we faithfully, collectively adjust our clocks, is purely human tampering with the calendar. Yet, it is a practice that is embedded in nature’s principles, even as we exact more sunlight for ourselves in an over-organized, technological world. Mirroring this dichotomy, Michael Krüger brings us The Seasonal Time Change, a collection of poems where an exacting eye is cast on nature. The poet’s perspective is observant, stringent, and very human, bringing both intellect and emotion to the page. Translated by Joseph Given, the verses are in turn scrutinizing, wistful of the brutality of nature, and rejoicing in the simple wonder of life.

​Bearing witness to Krüger’s interactions with renowned poets and artists through his time as director of Hanser publishing house, proximity and relationships are ongoing themes in this volume. Together, the poems remind us of our own mortality and of the finiteness of nature, but also our need for celebration even―perhaps especially―in times of darkness.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael Krüger was the director of Hanser Publishing until his retirement in 2013. He is the author of many books of poetry and prose. He lives in Munich. Joseph Given is a Berlin-based literary translator.