Description
This collection features one hundred poems selected by award-winning poet Jordi Larios. Keenly aware that we measure the world through words, he also knows that words become worn with use, and that poetry recalibrates their instrumentation, injecting them with fresh focus for graphing elusive terrains of inner and outer experience, prodding us to encounter and engage the world in a way that sustains and renews the self. Each Larios poem is a magnet, impacting us with the infixed force that its reading unleashes, subtle yet powerful in its imagery. A seagull, unfazed by the 'crisis of the sunset,' declares life on a greying backdrop ('Rough Weather'), and desolate landscapes can set the scene for unexpected solace ('Cold,' 'Historical Present'): pulling sunken memories to the surface and bringing poetic imagery into alignment with points of inwardness in search of outward counterparts. Along with the subtle power of imagery, Larios blends into his poems an uncanny marshalling of words, reassigning them to posts of optimal meaning and musicality. Technique underlies the poems, but the resulting art is greater than the sum of words, lifting language above 'the clattering of / too many words,' which, bereft of poetry, only render us alone ('Man Alone').
About the Author
JORDI LARIOS was born in Palafrugell, Catalonia, and graduated in Catalan Philology from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1986. In 1987 he moved to Cardiff to work as a Lecturer. He has published four poetry collections: Home sol (1984), El cop de la destral (2006), Rendezvous (2013), and En vespres grocs (2020).
RONALD PUPPO has taught translation and English studies since 1994 and published articles and reviews appearing in many journals. His book One Day of Life is Life (Fum d'Estampa Press, 2020) won the 2021 Ramon Llull Foundation Translation Award.
Reviews
'Larios seeks the essence and purification without glitter or shrillness because "the voice that gets heard is often the softest." A great book to read.' -ENRIC UMBERT-REXACH, NUVOL.
Book Information
ISBN 9781913744441
Author Jordi Larios
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint FUM D'ESTAMPA PRESS
Publisher FUM D'ESTAMPA PRESS
Weight(grams) 267g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 30mm