Eternity On Hold

Mario Susko

ISBN 10: 1885586345 / ISBN 13: 9781885586346

Published by Turtle Point Press, US, 2005

About this Item

This collection has the dizzying vividness of heightened perception. In poem after poem, solitude, war, exile and pain are illuminated with unforgettable subtlety, poignancy and detail. In the midst of war and chaos Susko maintains a spirit of wonder in his exquisitely crafted verse. Conversation , a poem in this collection, was shortlisted for the prestigious Guardian Forward Poetry Prize.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eternity On Hold
• Publisher: Turtle Point Press, US
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1885586345
• ISBN 13: 9781885586346
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 166 grams

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Synopsis

Solitude, war, exile and suffering are illuminated with unforgettable subtlety, style and detail by Mario Susko, described by Hugh Seidman as “one man speaking before the unalterable and uncaring universe.” Susko maintains his spirit of wonder in these vivid and exquisitely crafted poems.

Mario Susko has translated James Baldwin, Saul Bellow and most recently Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass into Croatian. He has won the prestigious Nuove Lettere Premio Internazionale di Poesia e Letteratura, the Council of Europe Award and three Fulbright scholarships.

About the Author

Born in Sarajevo during WWII, Susko is a witness and survivor of the Bosnian War and was badly wounded while giving interviews to journalists in 1992. Susko has published 66 books which are mostly his translations into Croatian. He has translated 20th-century African American Poetry, fiction by Donald Barthelme, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, John Hawkes, James Baldwin and many others.