Book record
Compass Bearing
Per Wastberg
Translated from Swedish by Hildred Crill
Reading Compass Bearing as part of this translated poetry project means letting Per Wastberg’s work reach English through Hildred Crill without requiring it to become immediately familiar. The book suggests Per Wästberg’s compass-bearing title, a Swedish work of direction, travel, memory, and the ethical problem of finding one’s way. That matters because translation is not only a recovery of content; it is also a change in atmosphere, a new body for cadence, silence, and pressure. Published by Marick Press, this entry gives readers a way to move through Sweden by way of language rather than tourism. I would keep the description rooted in feeling, image, and readerly permission.
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Marick Press
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Sweden
- ISBN
- 9781934851463