| Bootleg Copy Contributor(s): Katkus, Laurynas (Author), Keys, Kerry Shawn (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0983009155 ISBN-13: 9780983009153 Publisher: Virtual Artists Collective OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 6" W x 9" (0.32 lbs) 92 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Laurynas Katkus brings to these poems in Bootleg Copy a broad range of historical and literary acumen. His learning - he is a polyglot with Russian, Lithuanian, English, and German literature at the budding finger-tip of his tongue - combined with an intense lyrical and emotional energy, gives his "flashbacks" and often personal narratives a nuanced understory that a reader or listener could explore for years. And yet the translucent surface, the clear, classical cadence of the vignettes of many of his poems, are readily accessible at a first reading. Katkus doesn't indulge himself with playful and experimental obscurity, but rather goes to the heart and intelligence of post-Soviet Lithuanian reality, and the evolving landscape of a very hesitant EU Europe, especially Germany where he has spent considerable time and is a widely popular poet among the younger generation. No doubt his familiarity with Benn, Rilke, and Benjamin, help give him and his poetry access to a very contemporary mind-set, and way of being. For those who relish romantic poems that are well-wrought, intense, and sincere, open this book. For those who prefer a prosodic journey through the evolving energy of a contemporary Lithuania, open this book. And for those who wish to "bend over the steering wheel" of much of contemporary Europe and see "the cats-eye glitter in the asphalt," then open this book, and the streets of these poems are essentially yours. |