On the motion & immobility of douve: du mouvement et de l'immobilité de douve
Auteur :
Bonnefoy, Yves
Éditeur :
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
ISBN :
9781852241322
Date de publication :
22 oct. 1992
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Ostensibly, the volume is about a female lover, Douve. Douve, though, is the French word for a moat, that uncrossable body which separates us from safety and from danger. With this undercurrent at work we read the poems as if they are about the divide between us and death as much as they are about the divide between us and the untouchable reality o