The Day's Ration: Selected Poems by Gilles Ortleib, translated by Patrick McGuinness & Stephen Romer #Arcpublications both poetic and personal

both poetic and personal

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The Day's Ration: Selected Poems by Gilles Ortleib, translated by Patrick McGuinness & Stephen Romer #Arcpublications both poetic and personalWINNER of the Scott Moncrieff Prize for translation For Gilles Ortlieb, the days ration is hard won. He takes the art of noticing to a new level, petrifying us with moments of bleakness and ushering us out of them through his humanity. He states things as they are, with exactitude, with authenticity, and with humour and his voice is compelling. Ortlieb is among the very best poets writing in France today, and this bi lingual selection of his work will