They (Paperback)

Arvis Viguls

ISBN 10: 1912436310 / ISBN 13: 9781912436316

Published by Valley Press, Driffield, 2020

About this Item

Paperback. They is the first English-language collection from award-winning poet Arvis Viguls. One of the most prominent voices in 21st-century Latvian literature, Viguls' three collections to date have garnered several national prizes, and in 2017 he was named as one of Literature Across Frontiers' "Ten New Voices", a scheme intended to find "the most interesting writers working in Europe today". His work has been translated into more than twenty languages, with full collections published in Spanish, German, Serbian, and now thanks to the thoughtful translation work of Jayde Will English. Readers encountering his work for the first time will encounter moments of reality too strong to be stored on film, the body as a book written in scars, truths only seen on the face of a sleeping man, and question marks sharpened like knives. They will visit the hairdressers, the laundrette and the dentist, and in each place find profound insights into the human condition.Filled with beauty, sorrow and yearning, this is poetry that both transcends and honours the time, place and language of its creation and is now set to be enjoyed by readers throughout the English-speaking world. First English translation of the award-winning Latvian poet. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: They (Paperback)
• Publisher: Valley Press, Driffield
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1912436310
• ISBN 13: 9781912436316
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

They is the first English-language collection from award-winning poet Arvis Viguls. One of the most prominent voices in 21st-century Latvian literature, Viguls' three collections to date have garnered several national prizes, and in 2017 he was named as one of Literature Across Frontiers' "Ten New Voices", a scheme intended to find "the most interesting writers working in Europe today".

His work has been translated into more than twenty languages, with full collections published in Spanish, German, Serbian, and now - thanks to the thoughtful translation work of Jayde Will - English. Readers encountering his work for the first time will encounter moments of reality too strong to be stored on film, the body as a book written in scars, truths only seen on the face of a sleeping man, and question marks sharpened like knives. They will visit the hairdressers, the laundrette and the dentist, and in each place find profound insights into the human condition.

Filled with beauty, sorrow and yearning, this is poetry that both transcends and honours the time, place and language of its creation - and is now set to be enjoyed by readers throughout the English-speaking world.

About the Authors

Arvis Viguls was born in Jēkabpils, Latvia, in 1987. He is a poet, literary critic and translator from English, Spanish, Russian and Serbo-Croatian. His poetry collections in Lativan are Istaba ('Room', 2009), 5:00 (2012) and Grāmata ('Book', 2018). His award-winning work has been translated into more than twenty languages.

Jayde Will is a literary translator. He has translated numerous Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian authors into English, with over twenty books to his credit.