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The Curved Planks: Poems
For decades readers and critics have acclaimed Yves Bonnefoy
as France's greatest living poet. His most recent book of
verse,The Curved Planks, crowns an oeuvre that has won him
the highest international honors. More than any other single work,
this sequence embodies the astonishing variety of Bonnefoy's art. A
rich fabric of themes, styles, and genres, it balances aesthetic
complexity with heartfelt directness.
This bilingual edition ofThe Curved Plankssets the
French texts alongside English versions by the noted translator
Hoyt Rogers, who has collaborated closely with Bonnefoy in crafting
poems that re-create the freshness and vision of the originals.
This volume also includes a preface by the renowned poet and critic
Richard Howard and essays by the translator that situateThe
Curved Planksin the author's body of work. All assist in
introducing the English-language reader to Bonnefoy's profound
poetic gift.