Giorgio Orelli, uno dei maggiori poeti italiani del secondo Novecento, scrive testi per mostre e cataloghi, utilizzando metafore originali per parlare di arte. I testi raccolti da Ariele Morinini presentano artisti meno noti ma con una visione autentica. Il volume include riproduzioni di opere e un saggio che esplora il legame tra pittura e poesia di Orelli.
Critics include Orelli among the so-called post-hermetic poets, aligning him with one of Italy's most distinctive literary schools: the Linea Lombarda. Orelli's poetry, however, eludes pigeonholing. The phonosymbolism enveloping his verse, combined with sharpness of observation, elegance of diction, and irony of tone, make his poetry distinctive and exacting. Readers, scholars and translators are enticed and challenged at every word. This anthology ? the first in English ? charts Orelli's poetic journey from his debut collection in 1944 to the last poems written shortly before his death. Selected and introduced by Orelli's foremost scholar, Pietro De Marchi, and translated and annotated by two award-winning translators, Marco Sonzogni and Ross Woods, Pondering the Weight of Being brings to English-speaking readers a major poet.
Aus dem Inhalt:§Ampelio / Ampelio§Nachmittag im Sommer / Pomeriggio d'estate§Cristina / Cristina§Halt am Lago d'Iseo / Sosta al lago d'Iseo§Abendstück / Serale§Veronica / Veronica§Per un filino d'erba / Per un filino d'erba§Frühling in Rosagarda / Primavera a Rosagarda§Der Tod der Katze / La morte del gatto§Ländliche Suite / Suite provinciale§Militärische Suite / Suite militaresca§Ein Tag des Lebens / Un giorno della vita