Traces of time by Lucio Mariani and translated by Anthony Molino

This is poetry from Italy.

Traces of time by Lucio Mariani translated by Anthony Molino is published by Open Letter. This is a Book originally written in Italian. This was published in 2015.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781940953144E12.

Traces of time, by Lucio Mariani and translated by Anthony Molino, announces itself as a book of residue. Time does not simply pass here; it leaves marks, scratches, sediments, and afterimages. Mariani’s Italian poetry, published by Open Letter in English translation, seems suited for readers interested in philosophical lyric and the textures of memory. Molino’s translation gives the work a reflective English presence. I would read Traces of time for the way poems can register what remains after experience has moved on. A trace is delicate but stubborn. It may be almost invisible, yet it proves contact happened. Poetry is one of the arts most capable of following such marks: not recovering the past entirely, but listening to the pressure it leaves behind.

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