Gestures / Artis Ostups ; translated from the Latvian by Jayde Will ; introduction, Kārlis Vērdiņiš.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostups, Artis, 1988- author.

Contributor:

Ugly Duckling Presse, publisher.

Will, Jayde Thomas, translator.

Vērdiņǐs, Kārlis, writer of introduction.

Series:

Eastern European poets series ; #43.

Eastern European Poets Series ; #43

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections. English.

Language:

English

Latvian

Subjects (All):

Latvian poetry--Translations into English.

Latvian poetry.

Latvian poetry--21st century.

Narrative poetry, Latvian--Translations into English.

Narrative poetry, Latvian.

Genre:

Poetry.

Translations.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

63 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, New York : Ugly Duckling Presse, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated from the Latvian.

Summary:

"The spirit of the poems in 'Gestures' seems to dwell somewhere in the period of 'La Belle Époque', drawing its energy from the capitals of the Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian Empire ... and just next to that, there is the first half of the 20th century, with its modernist and avant-garde art practices and social reforms. What unites both of these eras in Ostups' poems is their suppressed emotionality and fragmentary nature."--Page 9

Notes:

"Originally published 2016 in Latvian as 'Žesti' by Nepuțns (Riga Latvia)"--Verso, title page

Issued in an edition of 1000 copies.

Contains narrative poem: "Three photographs -- for my parents" on pages 49-59.

ISBN:

1937027902

9781937027902

OCLC:

1051684175

Publisher Number:

99980097645