书目

AcrosstheLandandtheWaterSelectedPoems,1

内容简介

Apublishinglandmark—thefirstmajorcollectionofpoemsbyoneofthelatetwentiethcentury’sliterarymastersGerman-bornW.G.SebaldisbestknownastheinnovativeauthorofAusterlitz，theproseclassicofWorldWarIIculpabilityandconsciencethatTheGuardiancalled“anewliteraryform，parthybridnovel，partmemoir，parttravelogue.”ItspublicationputSebaldinthecompanyofNabokov，Calvino，andBorges.YetSebald’sbrillianceasapoethasbeenlargelyunacknowledged—untilnow.SkillfullytranslatedbyIainGalbraith，thenearlyonehundredpoemsinAcrosstheLandandtheWaterrangefromthoseSebaldwroteasastudentinthesixtiestothosecompletedrightbeforehisuntimelydeathin2001.Featuringeighty-eightpoemspublishedinEnglishforthefirsttimeandthirty-threefromunpublishedmanuscripts，thiscollectionalsobringstogetheralltheverseheplacedinbooksandjournalsduringhislifetime.HereareSebald’strademarkthemes—fromnatureandhistory(“Eventsofwarwithin/alifecracks/acrosstheOrderoftheWorld/spreadingfromCassiopeia/adiffusepainreachinginto/theupturnedleavesonthetrees”)，towanderingandwondering(“Ihaveevenbegun/tospeakinforeigntongues/roaminglikeanomadinmyown/town...”)，tooblivionandmemory(“Ifyoukneweverycranny/ofmyheart/youwouldyetbeignorant/ofthepainmyhappy/memoriesbring”).Soaringandsearing，thepoetryofW.G.Sebaldisanindelibleadditiontohissuperbbodyofwork，andthisuniquecollectionisboundtobecomeaclassicinitsownright.

作者简介

W.G.SebaldwasborninWertachimAllgäu,Germany,in1944.HestudiedGermanlanguageandliteratureinFreiburg,Switzerland,andManchester.HetaughtattheUniversityofEastAngliainNorwich,England,forthirtyyears,becomingprofessorofEuropeanliteraturein1987,andfrom1989to1994wasthefirstdirectoroftheBritishCentreforLiteraryTranslation.Hispreviouslytranslatedbooks—TheRingsofSaturn,TheEmigrants,Vertigo,andAusterlitz—havewonanumberofinternationalawards,includingtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward,theLosAngelesTimesBookAward,theBerlinLiteraturePrize,andtheLiteraTourNordPrize.HediedinDecember2001.IainGalbraithwasborninGlasgowin1956andstudiedmodernlanguagesandcomparativeliteratureattheuniversitiesofCambridge,Freiburg,andMainz,wherehetaughtforseveralyears.HehaseditedworksbyStevenson,Hogg,Scott,Boswell,andConrad,andcontributedessaystomanybooksandjournalsintheU.K.,France,andGermany.HeisawidelypublishedtranslatorofGerman-languagewriting,especiallypoetry,intoEnglish,winningtheJohnDrydenPrizeforLiteraryTranslationin2004.,,,

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