Nihil / Alfredo de Palchi ; translated from the Italian by John Taylor.

First Edition 2017.

Las Cruces, NM : Xenos Books, in collaboration with Chelsea Editions, 2017.

©2017

183 pages ; 22 cm

BEIN 2021 1288: Paperbound. From the Bill Roberts Small Press Collection.

Text in Italian with English translation on facing pages; prefatory matter in English.

"Nihil is a series of poems and prose-poems divided into three parts: Nihil I, Nihil II, Nihil III. The short pieces are poetical memoirs and meditations on the poet's teenage years when he was caught in the chaos of World War II in Italy. He floats downstream in the river Adige and sees scenes of violence, murder, hatred, beauty and courage. Some poems are taken from his previous collection The Scorpion's Dark Dance, which recreates poems he wrote in prison 1945-1951. The text is bilingual, with facing pages of Italian and English" -- Provided by publisher.

English; Italian

October 05, 2017