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The first volume of notes and reflections from one of Switzerland's most prominent and prolific men of letters. SeedtimeJaccottet's notebooksis an especially good introduction to this leading francophone Swiss author, containing the poet's observations of the natural world and his reflections on literature, art, music, and the human condition. In these explorations, he returns again and again to the fundamental, focusing his prodigious talents on describing the exact shade of light on a meadow, the sound of running water, the color of cherry and almond blossoms, or the cry of a bird in the stillness before dawn. In this translation by Tess Lewis, English readers will finally be able to join this poet as we follow in his footsteps of fifty years ago and find the still-viable seeds of his delicate and tenacious verse.

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      Publisher: Seagull Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/23/2024
      ISBN13: 9781803093598, 978-1803093598
      ISBN10: 1803093595

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      Book Synopsis
      The first volume of notes and reflections from one of Switzerland's most prominent and prolific men of letters. SeedtimeJaccottet's notebooksis an especially good introduction to this leading francophone Swiss author, containing the poet's observations of the natural world and his reflections on literature, art, music, and the human condition. In these explorations, he returns again and again to the fundamental, focusing his prodigious talents on describing the exact shade of light on a meadow, the sound of running water, the color of cherry and almond blossoms, or the cry of a bird in the stillness before dawn. In this translation by Tess Lewis, English readers will finally be able to join this poet as we follow in his footsteps of fifty years ago and find the still-viable seeds of his delicate and tenacious verse.

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