{"product_id":"gianni-siccardi-the-blackbird","title":"Gianni Siccardi, The Blackbird","description":"\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Stuart Cooke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished two years after his death, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003eThe Blackbird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is Gianni Siccardi’s final collection but the first of his books to appear in English. A profound, poetic exploration into the world of the Argentinian blackbird, the book blends blackbird with forest, with earth and sky, with dream, with song and, ultimately, with poetry itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bilingual edition includes a moving introduction by Gianni’s son, Eugenio. Also an accomplished poet, Eugenio describes \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003eThe Blackbird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e as the culmination of a life time of poetic enquiry, realising “the most profound moments of his oeuvre.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003eThe Blackbird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful record of a sustained, vital encounter between blackbird and poet, sky and song, poetry and poem, and a memorable introduction to this important Argentinian writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Spanish word for blackbird, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003emirlo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, sounds like a compression of the command: \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003e¡Míralo! Look at it!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Gianni Sicardi responded patiently and gave us these many more than thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird, which Stuart Cooke has rendered into English with sensitivity and sparkle. \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003eThe Blackbird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetic scale model of the cosmos, revolving around a common prodigy of song.”  Chris Andrews \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGianni Siccardi was born in Banfield, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1933. A major poet, critic and translator of his generation, he wrote numerous collections of poetry, was the editor of a series of significant anthologies and magazines, and through his many translations introduced Argentinian readers to some of Italy’s foremost contemporary poets. He died in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStuart Cooke is a poet, critic and translator. His books include \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003eGeorge Dyuŋgayan’s Bulu Line: a West Kimberley song cycle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2014), \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003eSpeaking the Earth’s Languages: a theory for Australian-Chilean postcolonial poetics \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2013), and the poetry collections \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003eOpera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times;\"\u003eEdge Music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). He lectures in creative writing and literary studies at Griffith University. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2018. 127mm x 203mm. 190pp. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN \u003c\/span\u003e978-1-925735-01-7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease date: August 1, 2018.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4986953695269,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/Siccardi_cover.jpg?v=1514081067","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/fr\/products\/gianni-siccardi-the-blackbird","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}