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Book SynopsisLudwig Steinherr is one of the most compelling new voices to have emerged in Germany since the late 1980s and this selection - the first to appear in English - from his 10 poetry collections published between 1985 and 2005 reflects the breadth and depth of his writing, ranging from its post-Celanian darkness to its insistence on light. "This is an uplifting selection from ten collections over twenty years. Steinherr's calling as philosopher is noticeable throughout. He seeks clarification and meaning always, sees the simplicities within the complexity, shows us the obvious that we had missed." Wawick Review, June 2011
Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Note, Translator's Preface, Introduction I Man kann nicht / One can't, Sage / Legend, Immer wieder - / Again and again - , Sich orientieren / Finding one's bearings, Mit einer Tute Obst im Regen / With a bag of fruit in the rain, In einem Hotelzimmer / In a hotel room, Unschuld des Steines / The innocence of stone, Aristoteles hielt - / Aristotle thought - , Stuck / Stucco, Wiederholungen / Repetitions, Vom Sehen / On vision, Nada / Nada, Der Kachelofen flustert Descartes /The tiled stove whispers with Descartes, Dieser Moment - / This moment - , Von der Wahrheit / On Truth, Das Wunder / The miracle. II Ovid ubersetzen - eine Nachhilfestunde / Translating Ovid - a coaching session, Sudliches Cafe / Southern cafe, Casa di Giulietta / Casa di Giulietta, Casa di Desdemona / Casa di Desdemona, Sudliche Szene / Southern scene, Endpunkt / Terminus, Markt, Abend / Market, evening, Operndonner / Operatic thunder, Lady Macbeth als kleines Madchen / Lady Macbeth as a little girl, SchnappschuA , Kindheit / Snapshot, childhood, Vorfahren / Forebears, Fragment, historisch / Historical fragment, Leidensstatte / Place of suffering. III Gedichte / Poems, Blick zwischen zwei Spiegel / Glance between two mirrors, Von der Blindheit / On blindness, Orte / Places, Biografien / Biographies, Im Inneren der Bucher - / Inside the books - , Dem Bildhauer Josef A. Henselmann / To the sculptor Josef A. Henselmann, Worte / Words, Manchmal / Sometimes, Finis operis / Finis operis. IV Die alten Bilder / Old paintings, Adam und Eva in einer fruhen Darstellung / An early representation of Adam and Eve, Romisches Mosaik / Roman mosaic, DorfstraA e van Het Bilt / Village street van Het Bilt, Versuchung des Hl. Antonius / The Temptation of St. Anthony, Galleria Pitti, Florenz / Galleria Pitti, Florence, Piero della Francesca malt die Schlacht - / Piero della Francesca paints the battle - , Ansicht einer idealen Stadt / View of an ideal city, Die uns ansehen / Which are looking at us, Entfernungen / Distances, Berninis Daphne / Bernini's Daphne, Vermeer / Vermeer, Tod des Malers / Death of the painter, Junge Frau, nach Renoir / Young woman, after Renoir, Grashupfer / Grasshopper. V Sekunde / Second, Zu einem Foto der Franziska zu Reventlow / On a photo of Franziska zu Reventlow, Brief / Letter, Idee / Idea, Urbild / Original beneath all the copies, Schwarze Nacht / Black night, Fresko, vielfach ubermalt / Fresco, repeatedly painted over, Von der Treue / On Fidelity, Von der teilnahmslosen Welt / On the unconcerned world. VI Hohlenbilder / Cave paintings, Palaontologisches Museum / Palaeontological museum, Homo sapiens / Homo sapiens, Vom Geist / A disquisition on the human spirit, Die alltaglichen - / The commonplace - , Foto / Photo, Fuhrung / Guided tour, Lago di Tovel / Lago di Tovel, Weisheiten fur gemaA igte Klimazonen / Wisdoms for moderate climates, Was wunderst du dich - / Why are you surprised - , Umsteigen / Changing trains, Von der Abstraktion / On Abstraction, Der Schmerz / Pain. VII Luigi P./ Luigi P., Der ferne Freund / Your distant friend, Ein Dichter stirbt / A poet dies, Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes / After her husband's death, Sterbegedicht oder Geschichte ruckwarts / Funereal poem or History backwards, Schlaf in Chinatown / Sleeping in Chinatown, Gott muA zusehen / God must be watching, Die Heilige / The saint, Les Fleurs du Mal / Les Fleurs du Mal, Gestandnis / Confession, Epiphanie / Epiphany, Glauben / Belief, Von der Unbelehrbarkeit / On unteachableness, Man schamt sich zu sagen / One is ashamed to say, Dieses Privileg - / This privilege - , Verzogerte Post / Post delivered late, Dankesbrief an Mr Laurel und Mr Hardy / Letter of thanks to Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy. VIII Einem jungen Elternpaar / To a young mother and father, Stimmen, Laute / Voices, sounds, Panik / Panic, Es ist soweit / It's time, Auf meinem SchoA / On my lap. Notes Biographical notes
