Homage to the Lame Wolf: Selected Poems: Field Translation Series

by Vasko Popa, Charles Simic (Translator), Charles Simic (Other)

Overview

Our first version of this selection from one of Eastern Europe's major figures sold out. The new version adds two sequences—"Give Me Back My Rage" and "Heaven's Ring"—as well as some previously unpublished sections of the justly famous series, "The Little Box." Simic and Popa are a perfect match. A book for surrealists, mythographers, postmodernists, scientists, and lovers of poetry and games. Winner of the PEN Translation Prize.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780932440228
Publisher:	Oberlin College Press
Publication date:	06/05/1987
Series:	FIELD Translation Series , #2
Edition description:	Trans. from the Serbian
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

CHARLES SIMIC, by virtue of his Yugoslav background and his position as a celebrated contemporary American poet, is ideally situated to be translator for Popa. His years of work on Popa have brought his versions to a pitch of perfection rarely achieved in the translation of poetry. Simic’s own most recent collections are Selected Poems and Unending Blues.

Table of Contents

Introduction
WHITE PEBBLE
White Pebble
Heart of the Pebble
Dream of the Pebble
Love of the Pebble
Adventure of the Pebble
Secret of the Pebble
Two Pebbles
BONE TO BONE
At the Beginning
After the Beginning
In the Sun
Under the Ground
In the Moonlight
Before the End
At the End
GAMES
Before the Game
Floornail
Hide-And-Seek
Seducer
Wedding
Rose Thieves
Between Games
Race
Seeds
Rotten Mare
Hunter
Ashes
After the Game
GIVE ME BACK MY RAGS
THE YAWN OF YAWNS
The Stargazer’s Legacy
Forgetful Number
Proud Error
Prudent Triangle
Echo Turned To Stone
The Tale About a Tale
The Yawn of Yawns
HEAVEN’S RING
Stargazer’s Death
Heaven’s Ring
Good For Nothing
Orphan Absence
The Shadow Maker
The Starry Snail
Immigrant Stars
ST. SAVA’S SPRING
St. Sava’s Spring
The Life of St. Sava
St. Sava
St. Sava the Blacksmith
St. Sava the Shepherd
St. Sava’s School
St. Sava’s Travels
St. Sava Before His Spring
HOMAGE TO THE LAME WOLF
WOLF’S EARTH
THE LITTLE BOX
The Little Box
The Admirers of the Little Box
The Craftsmen of the Little Box
The Owners of the Little Box
The Tenants of the Little Box
The Enemies of the Little Box
The Victims of the Little Box
The Judges of the Little Box
The Benefactors of the Little Box
The Prisoners of the Little Box
Last News About the Little Box
FROM RAW FLESH
Earthbound Constellation
Eyes of a Wolf
Stepfather of Wolves
Broken Horns
The Other World
Shadow of a Shewolf
Unknown Citizen
In the Village of My Ancestors
Under the Sign of Wolves
Wolf-Ancestry