Attila Jozsef's extraordinary poetry is exhilarating in its power and transcends the scars of a difficult life. He is a genuinely revolutionary poet, neither simple-minded nor difficult, though his thought and imagery are complex. A deeply divided man, his poetry has a robust physicality as well as a jaunty and heroic intelligence-which is Marxist in its dedication but fueled in its audacity by both Freud and Surrealism. This new collection of his poetry includes two lengthy essays by the translators on his life and his art of poetry.
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By Stefan43
Format:Paperback
These are good quality translations of the major works of one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century - certainly the most tragic. Attila is a textbook case of a deeply unhappy life producing great art, but one cannot help feeling that it would have been worth giving up some of the great art if it had only been possible to allow him slightly more happiness in his short life. Surprisingly, very few of the poems are bleak and depressive but usually beautiful and delicate. Not to be missed by any poetry lover who happens not to read Hungarian.
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maybe the best available
10 Nov 2000
By prezzey
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Format:Paperback
Do not believe the editorial review, the Bátki translations are lousy. I am a Hungarian and these are much closer to the originals. To be more precise, no translation comes close to the originals in his case... The Bátki ones are almost mirror translations with no rhyme at all. Maybe one should read them together? Anyway, for one book one should buy this. (Or learn Hungarian... provided one's interested in free word order and such delicacies.) And whether he committed suicide or not is still open to debate; latest research shows it might had been an accident.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Graceless translation
23 Sep 2011
By R. MacNicol
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I have this and the Hargitai translation and private translations done by friends. I deeply regret buying this one: the translation is stilted and graceless. It is good to be honest to the original but if you don't also create fluent melodic poems you fail to capture what the originals deliver to those for whom it is their native tongue. I found no pleasure in reading this because the translations fail as poems.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Intense poetry from a tragic life
13 Nov 2000
By "blissengine"
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Format:Paperback
This superb collection of Jozsef's poetry is a wonderful introduction to his work. This was also my introduction to his work, so I found Ozsvath's introductory biography and Turner's analysis of Jozsef's poetry quite welcome and insightful. Jozsef's poetry is lyrically balanced and a beautiful representation of the dark and light contained in one's inner self. His injection of politics and his personal life into the poems is masterful and captivating. Be sure to check out "With a Pure Heart", "Ode", and "Lay Your Hand" (those being among my favorites). Any reader interested in the effects of mental illness on an artist's work will find this collection fascinating and intense.
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