{"product_id":"landscape-with-rowers-poetry-from-the-netherlands-paperback","title":"Landscape with Rowers: Poetry from the Netherlands - 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\u003eJ. M. Coetzee\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the Netherlands has been the site of vigorous literary activity since at least the \u003ci\u003eBeweging van Vijftig\u003c\/i\u003e (Movement of the Fifties) poets, the status of Dutch as a \"minor\" language spoken by only twenty-two million people has kept its rich poetry more or less a secret. This volume--featuring J. M. Coetzee's finely wrought English translations side-by-side with the originals--brings the work of six of the most important modern and contemporary Dutch poets to light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ranging in style from the rhetorical to the intensely lyrical, the work here includes examples of myth-influenced modernist verse, nature poetry, experimental poetry, poems conscious of themselves within a pan-European avant-garde, and Cees Nooteboom's uncompromising reflections on the powers and limitations of art. In addition to Nooteboom, the poets represented are Gerrit Achterberg, Hugo Claus, Sybren Polet, Hans Faverey, and Rutger Kopland--a who's who of contemporary Dutch poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eYouth\u003c\/i\u003e, Coetzee's main character claims that \"of all nations the Dutch are the dullest, the most antipoetic.\" With these marvelous translations, the author proves his protagonist wrong.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. M. Coetzee\u003c\/b\u003e received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Animals \u003c\/i\u003e(Princeton), \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Booker Prize-winning novels \u003ci\u003eLife and Times of Michael K\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDisgrace\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent book is the novel \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Costello\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 7.94 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726315319603,"sku":"9780691123851","price":50.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SFIzd2VHS1N0YkVmTGhaaURhNXRYQT09.webp?v=1763733662","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/landscape-with-rowers-poetry-from-the-netherlands-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}