{"product_id":"the-sight-of-light-the-sound-of-clouds-the-touch-of-skin-senses-quintet-3-4-5-9781780377629","title":"The Sight of Light the Sound of Clouds the Touch of Skin: [Senses Quintet: 3, 4 \u0026 5]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new translation of three collections from one of Denmark's leading poets completes the remarkable \u003ci\u003eSenses Quintet\u003c\/i\u003e in English. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePia Tafdrup has published over 20 books in Danish since her first collection appeared in 1981, including widely admired sequences of themed collections. The latest of these is a series of five books focussing on the human senses, her \u003cem\u003eSenses Quintet\u003c\/em\u003e (2014-2022), which the critic Carsten Palmer Schale has called 'a cathedral of the soul' and 'the best collection of poems written in Scandinavia in the past 20 years'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBloodaxe published David McDuff's translation of the first two collections in the quintet, \u003cem\u003eThe Taste of Steel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Smell of Snow\u003c\/em\u003e, in one volume in 2021. This edition brings together his translations of the third, fourth and fifth parts, \u003cem\u003eThe Sight of Light\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Clouds\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Touch of Skin\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll parts of life are mediated through the five senses in the five books, including the way of the world and the losses that people sustain during the course of their lives - the disappearance of friends and family members, but also the erosion of control of one's own existence. The themes of ecology, war and conflict are never far away, and there is a constant recognition of the circular nature of life, the interplay of the generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePia Tafdrup\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1952 in Copenhagen. She has published over 20 books in Danish since her first collection appeared in 1981, and her work has been translated into many languages. Her fourth collection, \u003cem\u003eSpring Tide\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in English by Forest in 1989. In 1991 she published a celebrated statement of her poetics, \u003cem\u003eWalking Over Water\u003c\/em\u003e. She received the 1999 Nordic Council Literature Prize - Scandinavia's most prestigious literary award - for \u003cem\u003eQueen's Gate\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published in David McDuff's English translation by Bloodaxe in 2001. Also in 2001, she was appointed a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog, and in 2006 she received the Nordic Prize from the Swedish Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52058031980818,"sku":"9781780377629","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67525fa5-d772-40df-b5de-b1d3afd04fe3.jpg?v=1772021669","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sight-of-light-the-sound-of-clouds-the-touch-of-skin-senses-quintet-3-4-5-9781780377629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}