Buscar
The first English translation of work by the renowned Polish poet Krzysztof Jezewski. This work consists of a cycle of 64 poems — “a mystical quest for God through music”. There is an introductory essay by Jezewski, and alongside the poems are paintings by Michal Józefowicz. The English translation by award-winning translator Corness faces the original Polish text.“Is music itself not in fact a kind of contemplation of the eternal enigma, expressed through sound, an enigma equivalent to Eternal Beauty?" Krzysztof Jezewski has been the recipient of numerous awards: the Karol Szymanowski medal, the ZAiKS [Society of Polish Authors] award, the Konstanty A. Jelenski award conferred by the Paris literary journal Kultura [Culture] and the Polish PEN-Club award.Patrick Corness is an award winning literary translator. He is visiting Professor of Translation at Coventry University and Honorary Research ­Fellow at the University of Leeds.
Veja mais