The barbarians' return : selected poems / Mircea Dinescu ; translated from the Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin & Lidia Vianu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dinescu, Mircea, 1950- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Sorkin, Adam J., translator.

Vianu, Lidia, translator.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections. English

Language:

English

Romanian

Subjects (All):

Romanian poetry--20th century.

Romanian poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

112 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Hexham : Bloodaxe Books, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated from the Romanian.

Contents:

A nutshell biography, by the poet himself p. 9

Discourse upon Europe's reception of an eastern country p. 13

The fiancé's hesitation p. 14

Letter to Václav Havel, thrown into the wastepaper basket p. 15

Right to free circulation p. 17

Pest control p. 18

The barbarians' return p. 19

Drunk with Marx p. 20

Epistle about accepting reality with a somewhat metaphysical postscript p. 22

Short ceremony at the interment of a submarine from between the two world wars p. 23

Autumn show p. 24

Futile attempt to make a dinosaur move p. 25

Hens p. 26

Fictionalised story of a failed suicide p. 27

Autopsy of an angel p. 28

Nature's democracy p. 29

Strolling player p. 30

One factory summons another p. 31

The avalanche p. 32

Winter indulgence p. 33

The hypocritical dead p. 34

A day without a sandwich p. 35

The sad hijacking of the suicide p. 36

A tune by Armstrong p. 37

Short extract from the secret files of the 100 Years' War p. 38

Common cheek p. 39

Bach p. 40

Winter diary at the Pontus Euxinus p. 41

The death of Sunday p. 42

Jericho waltz p. 43

Birth of a definition p. 44

The prayer of the child fallen into a bull p. 45

Guernica p. 46

Is it guilt you want to know about? p. 47

Musical soirée p. 48

Death climbed to the roof of our house p. 49

Don't worry p. 50

Give the kitchen table a chance p. 51

Pocket song p. 52

Meekly p. 53

Let me tell you: the scoundrel's lost his sense of honour p. 54

The age of gods p. 56

Speech against revolt p. 57

Lord, who are they? p. 58

The discovery of America p. 59

Ship's log p. 60

Seven drawers p. 61

Titanic waltz p. 62

Manuscript found in a lamp chimney p. 64

Brief report in support of Romanian language teachers who need more classes each week p. 65

Endless Sunday p. 66

The artist's blessed sleep p. 67

The terror of common sense p. 68

How the natives on the reservation were deprived of the right to travel p. 69

The door p. 70

Doctor's advice p. 71

At your disposal p. 72

Nirvana p. 73

Conversation p. 74

Myopic painter p. 75

Inventory of the fourth world p. 76

Evolution of a dream p. 77

The prodigal son's prayer p. 78

Village with commuters p. 79

Apotheosis of the blind p. 80

Night prayer p. 81

Fiesta p. 82

Fish p. 83

One day our great pity p. 84

Chinoiserie p. 85

Artist's life p. 86

Tea p. 87

Cows p. 88

Cats of the Vatican p. 89

Message from a shipwrecked sailor p. 90

Letter to my mother p. 91

Rented sun p. 92

Good evening p. 93

Screws p. 94

Between imagination and humility p. 95

So?! p. 96

Absurd chess p. 97

Monologue with a mouse p. 98

Bulldozer p. 99

Hypothetical transhumance p. 100

Sign hunter p. 101

Impoverished biography p. 102

The moles p. 103

Death and the cat p. 104

The disappearance of the mountain p. 105

House search p. 106

Trip p. 107

Poet's confession p. 109

Artist left out in the rain p. 110.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781780372044

1780372043

OCLC:

1035554582

Publisher Number:

99976883254