La Clart Notre-Dame and the Last Book of the Madrigals Jaccottet Philippe
The last works of the last great classic European poet now available in English.In his 96th and final year, and with the help of the poet Jos-Flore Tappy, celebrated Swiss poet Philippe Jaccottet…
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The last works of the last great classic European poet now available in English.In his 96th and final year, and with the help of the poet Jos-Flore Tappy, celebrated Swiss poet Philippe Jaccottet finished two manuscripts-in-progress, one in prose and one in poetry, both of which are presented in this volume in John Taylor's sensitive translation.The first work, "La Clart Notre-Dame," takes off from the "pure, weightless, fragile, yet crystal-clear tinkling" of a monastery bell heard during a walk with friends. With this thought-provoking sound as a leitmotiv, Jaccottet looks back on a life of writing, reading, and scrutinizing humankind's existential and spiritual aspirations. He sets these concerns against his equally lifelong preoccupation with "the rise of evil in today's world," notably in Syria. Composed in a baroque style, the verse poems collected in "The Last
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