Like Bits of Wind by Pierre Chappuis and translated by John Taylor

This is poetry from France.

Like Bits of Wind by Pierre Chappuis translated by John Taylor is published by University of Chicago Press. This is a Book originally written in French. This was published in 2016.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780857423382E12.

Like Bits of Wind, translated from the French by John Taylor, brings Pierre Chappuis’s French-language work into English through University of Chicago Press. Published in 2016, it is best approached as a book of encounter rather than as a book to solve. Chappuis’s title points toward slightness, but not weakness. A bit of wind can still alter the room. A useful way into the book is to listen for what the translation makes possible: not a perfect replacement of the original, but a new body of sound. The poems carry France into English without becoming a cultural brochure. They ask for attention, and they reward the reader who lets uncertainty remain useful.

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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