Book record
The vanishing point that whistles
Anthology
Translated from Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin
The vanishing point that whistles is an anthology translated by Adam J. Sorkin, Claudia Serea from Romanian, gathering Romanian-language poetry from Romania through an anthology of Romanian poetry at the vanishing point, where disappearance itself seems to make sound. Its value comes from chorus rather than singular authorship, so I would not treat it as one poet's private weather. The better entrance is through vanishing, whistle, anthology, and the thin line where presence becomes signal. Anthologies can become maps, but the best ones also leave room for wandering, disagreement, and surprise. The vanishing point that whistles belongs in the translated poetry library because it offers a plural Romanian entrance into experiment, absence, and lyric edge-work. It gives a reader several doors into a tradition before asking them to choose only one.
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Talisman House
- Language
- Romanian
- Country
- Romania
- ISBN
- 9781584980889