Publication date 9/11/21 Book 213 Pages
I would like to thanks the translator, publishers and Netgalley for letting me read and review this book.
If you are taking part in Ladyreading365 reading challenge on here or my Facebook group this book will fit into the following prompts #21 #22 #46
Synopsis
This is the most extensive selection in English of poems by one of the all-time great Dutch poets, Herman Gorter (1864-1927), Volume 2 of Arimei Books' The Essential Gorter set. It welcomes the reader to the rich spectrum of Gorter’s verse and traces his lyrical development following the epic masterpiece, May. The book includes a selection of his introvertive ‘sensitivist’ Verses (Verzen, 1890), defining transitional poems, and key passages from the socially engaged epic Pan, complemented with a first publication in English of Gorter’s little-known and highly personal last work Lyrics (Liedjes, 1930).
My Review
Wow this is some extremely powerful excellent poetry. I loved every single second of it. The poetry in this book so powerful and intense I actually forgot to breathe. It was that breathe taking. I love poetry but had never heard of this Dutch poet but I am definitely thankful for this book. For years I have been reading poetry books of new or lesser known poets trying to find words that contain power, are emotive and are rhythmical. And this poet had all three, finally I have found one and I can't wait to read more. I must say the translater of this book has done a magnificent job. Firstly explaining the difficulties of translating from Dutch to English and the difficulties posed by the poets love of creating made up words to continue the rhythmical flow of the poems. I loved the brief history of the poets life and did an excellent job of introducing the poets work. The poems in this book mainly evolve around the poets love for his women yes he had two and the poetry can get a little naughty at times. But the words used and the emotions behind them are truly breathe taking. Herman Gorter poetry dates from the late 1800's through to the early 1900's and this book contains snippets of his many volumes of his works. His poetry must of been causing plenty of controversy in these times which makes it all the more interesting to read. I will definitely be looking out for more works by this poet as I can't wait to read more. I truly recommend this book to all who love emotive poetry and can find the power held within each verse. The highest praise goes out to the author/translater and publishers for bringing us this magnificent, stunning , emotive and empowering collection of poetry to light it's spectacular.
Where you can buy this book
Amazon US Kindle $6.69 Paperback $14.99
Waterstones available to request but they need to sort out the pricing as it really isn’t £99 lol
Barnes & Nobles Paperback $14.99 Nook $2.99 (this is on a different page )
Kobo ebook £3.99
Amazon UK Kindle £5.00 Paperback £11.30
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