Woman in the Plural by Vítězslav Nezval and translated by Stephan Delbos, Karel Teige, Tereza Novická

This is poetry from Czech Republic.

Woman in the Plural by Vítězslav Nezval translated by Stephan Delbos, Karel Teige, Tereza Novická is published by Twisted Spoon Press. This is a Book originally written in Czech. This was published in 2021.0 and has the ISBN of 9.788086264561E12.

Woman in the Plural, translated from the Czech by Stephan Delbos, Karel Teige, Tereza Novická, brings Vítězslav Nezval’s Czech-language work into English through Twisted Spoon Press. Published in 2021, it is best approached as a book of encounter rather than as a book to solve. Nezval’s title announces multiplicity before the reader even begins, giving gender, surrealism, and social imagination a crowded room to move through. Biography and context may deepen the experience, but they do not need to stand in the doorway. Let the poem arrive first, then let the questions follow. Translation here becomes less a matter of loss than of new access: a voice from Czech Republic finding another set of nerves in English.

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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