In Winter Light (Paperback)

Paperback. A la lumiere dhiver (1977) is a central work in the writing of the Swiss French poet Philippe Jaccottet (1925-2021). Written in middle age, it forms a bridge between the poets intricate early lyrics and his more expansive and meditative later work. Starting from a direct confrontation with the raw facts of mortality, its three poem-sequences strip away further layers of illusion until a glimmer of meaning starts to appear in the winter light of the landscape of the Drome area of northern Provence, where Jaccottet made his home from 1953 until the end of his life. Tim Dooleys translation, In Winter Light, is the product of a long relationship with the original, which he first read at the time of its publication. His English version mirrors the tentative, scrupulous exploration of being he finds in Jaccottets French, both its hesitancies and circular movements and, finally, its unblinking eyes. A la lumiere dhiver is a central work in the writing of the Swiss French poet Philippe Jaccottet (1925-2021). Tim Dooleys translation, In Winter Light, is the product of a long relationship with the original, which he first read in 1977. His English version mirrors the tentative, scrupulous exploration of being he finds in Jaccottets French. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…