{"product_id":"ladder-of-oaths-poems-aphorisms-other-things-paperback","title":"Ladder of Oaths: Poems, Aphorisms, \u0026 Other Things - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaura Del Serra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDominic Siracusa\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaura Del Serra is a poet, playwright, translator, and essayist whose work is highly regarded in Italy and Europe where it has garnered numerous accolades. Following her anthology \u003cem\u003eCoral \u003c\/em\u003e(1994) and the critically acclaimed collections of poetry \u003cem\u003eL'opera del vento \u003c\/em\u003e(2006) and \u003cem\u003eTentativi di certezza \u003c\/em\u003e(2010), \u003cem\u003eLadder of Oaths\u003c\/em\u003e contains poems and other texts Del Serra composed between 2010 and 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLadder of Oaths\u003c\/em\u003e further develops and enriches the author's \u003cem\u003ears poetica\u003c\/em\u003e -- while rooted in classical Western \u0026amp; Eastern traditions, Del Serra's spiral-like gaze extends from cosmo-metaphysical \u003cem\u003eopenings\u003c\/em\u003e to both autobiographical \u0026amp; civic themes. The architectural and polytonal character of her poetry is born of more than three decades of intense and convergent activity as a writer who embodies the multiple nuclei of a thinking poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntrusted to a passionate and metaphoric inventive \u003cem\u003eductus\u003c\/em\u003e, Del Serra's work is dialogical and has a choral transitivity whose rhythms are as rigorous as her style is refined. Such is evident both in her free verse and in her haikus and aphorisms, not to speak of the vibrant, dream-like lyricism of \"For Elisa,\" the \u003cem\u003epoème en prose\u003c\/em\u003e that closes the present collection. This is the first book of Del Serra's to be translated into English since \u003cem\u003eInfinite Present\u003c\/em\u003e in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728047534387,"sku":"9781940625195","price":31.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Vk9WOE1LU2p6enlNRmwyYzAzaUJ6Zz09.webp?v=1763773265","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/ladder-of-oaths-poems-aphorisms-other-things-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}