Ideals Clearance by Henry Parland and translated by Johannes Göransson

This is poetry from Russia.

Ideals Clearance by Henry Parland translated by Johannes Göransson is published by Ugly Duckling Pr. This is a Book originally written in Swedish. This was published in 2008.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781933254227E12.

Ideals Clearance, by Henry Parland, is a Swedish poetry collection from Russia, translated by Johannes Göransson, published by Ugly Duckling Pr in 2008. It is a Swedish modernist collection by Henry Parland, born out of advertising, speed, urban irony, and melancholy. The poems are interesting because they treat modern life as both showroom and wound, where ideals can be discounted, displayed, and still strangely desired. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved before it can be felt. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of Russia; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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