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Heroines from Abroad

Heroines from Abroad

by KenCockburn (Editor), Christine Marendon (Author), Ken Cockburn (Editor)

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Synopsis

Heroines from Abroad introduces a vibrant new voice to the English language. Christine Marendon's enigmatic, meditative poems, translated here from the German and collected for the first time, draw on dreams, fairy tales and childhood memories to tap into a world beyond conscious reach. Marendon's poems do not present ideas so much as embody states of mind. Something is realised through the poem, rather than said within it. Here, the voice is more important than the particularities of what is said - language, not words. For the translator, Heroines from Abroad is the fruit of seven years' steady work. The poems' clarity and subtle force, the `crystalline, precise quality of their lyricism' (Sasha Dugdale), are testament to that humble, unhurried collaboration in words.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 112
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
Published: 26 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 1784106305
ISBN 13: 9781784106300

Media Reviews
`Marendon's work may bridge for English-language readers the perceived chasm between avant-garde and mainstream poetry. It's not obscure, it's not banally `accessible'. The voice and the language of Cockburn's translations feel freshly rinsed.' - Carol Rumens
Author Bio
Christine Marendon (1964-) grew up bilingual (German and Italian), studied Italian in Erlangen and Siena, and graduated in 1999 with a thesis on Italian women writers in the nineteenth century. After working as a translator and publicist for some years in her native Bavaria, she now lives in Hamburg where she works with children with special needs.