Synopses & Reviews
Lodgings is the first representative selection of Sosnowski's work available in English. Spanning his entire career, this is a book whose approach to language, literature, and the representation of experience is simultaneously resonant and strangea cocktail party where lowlifes and sophisticates hobnob with French theorists and British glam rockers, unsettling us with the hard accuracy of their pronouncements.
Review
"Sosnowskis range is striking. Perhaps due to the barreling nature of his lines, prose seems to accommodate him especially well. But at the same time, prose also tends to diffuse the heart of his project, his breathlessness and tumbling, in favor of a more contained and didactic feel."E.C. Belli,
Words Without Borders"The poems exude an exuberant air of playful language" J. Kates, World Books Review
Synopsis
"Like absolute music . . . Even a cursory reading reveals Sosnowski the linguist, the religious Sosnowski, Sosnowski the jokester, the dead-serious Sosnowski-as-economist."--Adam Wiedemann
Lodgings is the first representative selection of Sosnowski's work available in English. Spanning his entire career, from the publication of Life in Korea in 1992 to his newest poems, this is a book whose approach to language, literature, and the representation of experience is simultaneously resonant and strange--a cocktail party where lowlifes and sophisticates hobnob with French theorists and British glam rockers, unsettling us with the hard accuracy of their pronouncements.
One of the foremost Polish poets of his generation, Andrzej Sosnowski's work demonstrates a dazzling range of influences and echoes, from Ronald Firbank and Raymond Roussel to John Ashbery and Elizabeth Bishop. Also an influential editor and critic, he has received most of the literary honors available to poets in Poland, including the prestigious Silesius Prize.
Synopsis
First collection in English of the foremost Polish poet of his generation.
About the Author
Andrzej Sosnowski is a poet, translator, and essayist. He has received many literary prizes for his collections, including the Koscielski Foundation Prize and the Kazimiera Illakowiczówna Prize.
Benjamin Paloff is the author of The Politics, and has translated several books from Polishmost recently, Marek Bienczyk's Transparency. He edits poetry and criticism at Boston Review and teaches at the University of Michigan.