My Poems Won't Change the World
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- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2018
Summary
Poems of the self, the body, pasta and love from one of the truly singular poets of 20th and 21st-century Italy
“Two hours ago I fell in love and trembled, and tremble still, and haven’t a clue whom I should tell.”
Any hall she reads her poetry in is invariably filled to the gills. In Italy, Patrizia Cavalli is as beloved as Wislawa Szymborska is in Poland, and if Italy were Japan she’d be designated a national treasure. The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben said of Cavalli …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141987880 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014198788X |
| Author: | Patrizia Cavalli |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Patrizia Cavalli
Patrizia Cavalli was born in Todi, Umbria, and now lives in Rome. She has published seven collections of poetry, including Poesie 1974-1992, L’io singolare proprio mio, Sempre aperto teatro, Pigre divinità e pigra sorte and, most recently, Datura. She has also published popular and well-regarded translations of Shakespeare and Molière.
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