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Threadsuns

by Paul Celan · 1968

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The second in the series of poetry books by Paul Celan written after his great "turn" in writing, Threadsunswas written in fast-paced, shifting moods, often containing a near-desperate sarcasm, as Celan collapses his concerns of mind, spirit, and language into a work of great continuity despite its complexity. Once again Pierre Joris has done an admirable job in translating Celan's difficult texts into English.

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