On the Motion & Immobility of Douve: Du mouvement et de l'immobilite de Douve
by Yves Bonnefoy
Title:
On the Motion & Immobility of Douve: Du mouvement et de l'immobilite de Douve
Author:
Yves Bonnefoy
Series (if any):
Bloodaxe Contemporary French Poets
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
192 pages
Publisher:
Bloodaxe Books
ISBN-13:
9781852241322
EAN:
9781852241322
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
376
Dimensions (mm):
140 x 216 x 13
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£6.56
2 copies in stock
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Description
Ostensibly, the volume is about a female lover, Douve. Douve, though, is the French word for a moat, that uncrossable body which separates us from safety and from danger. With this undercurrent at work we read the poems as if they are about the divide between us and death as much as they are about the divide between us and the untouchable reality o
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