Nabi (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780856463303)

Josep Carner's Nabí is a masterpiece of modern Catalan poetry. Based on the biblical story of Jonah, it is essentially a Christian poem, though it is scathing about the effects of religious perversion. In the widest sense a poem about the limits of rationality, it is a triumph of language - of a language which Carner helped to establish as a vehicle for serious poetry. This bilingual edition is introduced by the noted Catalan expert Arthur Terry. Josep Carner (1884-1970) was one of the leading members of a brilliant generation of Catalan poets. His work extends from the early years of the century to the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. J.L. Gili (1907-1998) was born in Barcelona and lived in England from 1934. A scholar, translator, publisher and bookseller, Joan Gili ran the Dolphin Book Company in Oxford for many years, and was well known as the translator of Lorca's Selected Poems (Penguin).

Author: Josep Carner
ISBN-10: 0856463302
ISBN-13: 9780856463303
Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2004
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.45w x 0.34d

Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 09/24/2001 pg. 91
Booklist 10/01/2001 pg. 278
Booklist 08/01/2002 pg. 1913
Publishers Weekly 09/24/2001