BOOKS FROM LUXEMBOURGAt the Devil's Banquets
by Anise Koltz
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Female author
Description:
Poetry. Translated from the French by John F. Deane. The sequential poem is the connective tissue of AT THE DEVIL'S BANQUETS, a collection that holds at its heart the raw materials of familial relations and emotional inheritance. Koltz is tuned to a dark frequency, uncomfortably listening at the edge of the universe and forever seeking clarity of feeling. This work is highly metaphorical, self-incriminating, and spare, with an anger turned gently inward. John F. Deane's direct, clear translations from the French serve Koltz's somber vision exquisitely.
Reviews:
(2 months ago) |
06 Aug, 2025
I don't read a lot of poetry, but the poems in At the Devil's Banquets by Anise Koltz were fascinating. I didn't realize that the edition I read would have both the original French and the English translation side by side on opposing pages. The English translation was perfectly fine, but they sure sounded much more interesting in the original French.
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