{"product_id":"even-now-poems-9781935744887b","title":"Even Now: Poems","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBeautifully translated from the Dutch by David Colmer, the IMPAC Award-winning translator of Gerbrand Bakker’s \u003ci\u003eThe Twin\u003c\/i\u003e, Hugo Claus’s poems are remarkable for their dexterity, intensity of feeling, and acute intelligence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFrom the richly associative and referential “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eOostakker Poems\u003c\/span\u003e” to the emotional and erotic outpouring of the “mad dog stanzas” in “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMorning, You\u003c\/span\u003e,” from his interpretations of Shakespeare’s sonnets to a modern adaptation of a Sanskrit masterpiece, this volume reveals the breadth and depth of Claus’s stunning output. Perhaps Belgium’s leading figure of postwar Dutch literature, Claus has long been associated with the avant-garde: these poems challenge conventional bourgeois mores, religious bigotry, and authoritarianism with visceral passion.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Archipelago Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819758030928,"sku":"9781935744887B","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781935744887-l.jpg?v=1785877227","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/even-now-poems-9781935744887b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}