{"product_id":"final-matters-szilzard-borbzsly-9780691182421","title":"Final Matters: Selected Poems, 2004-2010","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning translator presents selections from the haunting final volumes of a leading voice in contemporary Hungarian poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSzilárd Borbély, one of the most celebrated writers to emerge from post-Communist Hungary, received numerous literary awards in his native country. In this volume, acclaimed translator Ottilie Mulzet reveals the full range and force of Borbély's verse by bringing together generous selections from his last two books, \u003ci\u003eFinal Matters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo the Body\u003c\/i\u003e. The original Hungarian text is set on pages facing the English translations, and the book also features an afterword by Mulzet that places the poems in literary, historical, and biographical context. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRestless, curious, learned, and alert, Borbély weaves into his work an unlikely mix of Hungarian folk songs, Christian and Jewish hymns, classical myths, police reports, and unsettling accounts of abortions. In her afterword, Mulzet calls this collection \"a blasphemous and fragmentary prayer book ... that challenges us to rethink the boundaries of victimhood, culpability, and our own religious and cultural definitions.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Szilárd Borbély\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691182426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691182421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Szilárd Borbély","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153084002559,"sku":"9780691182421","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c19e9f37-2844-4293-ba5e-d5d501c24aca.jpg?v=1770781174","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/final-matters-szilzard-borbzsly-9780691182421","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}