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64. The Romantic Dogs
65. Cain
66. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, tr. Merwin (2nd)
Bolano poems mostly paralleling The Savage Detectives, a book I abandoned because I felt I'd got its point - a feeling confirmed by these poems, moving as many were.
Cain isn't a major Saramago effort, just an amusing trashing of some bible stories. Several interesting audacities.
Logue adapted the 20 Love Poems, but I felt like I should reread Merwin's to see better what he does with them. Neruda is unfailingly impressive but I don't often feel close to him anymore. Maybe I'm just too far from nineteen, or too numb in this area.
65. Cain
66. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, tr. Merwin (2nd)
Bolano poems mostly paralleling The Savage Detectives, a book I abandoned because I felt I'd got its point - a feeling confirmed by these poems, moving as many were.
Cain isn't a major Saramago effort, just an amusing trashing of some bible stories. Several interesting audacities.
Logue adapted the 20 Love Poems, but I felt like I should reread Merwin's to see better what he does with them. Neruda is unfailingly impressive but I don't often feel close to him anymore. Maybe I'm just too far from nineteen, or too numb in this area.