Mydriasis by J. M. G. Le Clézio and translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan

This is poetry from France.

Mydriasis by J. M. G. Le Clézio translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan is published by Seagull Books. This is a Book originally written in French. This was published in 2019.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780857426543E12.

Mydriasis, translated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan, brings J. M. G. Le Clézio’s French-language work into English through Seagull Books. Published in 2019, it is best approached as a book of encounter rather than as a book to solve. Le Clézio’s title names dilation of the pupil, and the book seems to ask what happens when perception opens wider than comfort permits. What I want from a translated poetry library is not only coverage, but temperament: the chance to meet a mind arranging the world differently. This volume does that work. It gives the reader enough ground to enter, then enough strangeness to keep the encounter from becoming merely informational.

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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