I Caught Sight of My Face

By (author) Petr Hruška

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Publishing 10th Dec 2024

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An English translation of Petr Hruška's poetry book Spatřil jsem svou tvář (2022), given the Magnesia Litera Award for poetry, the most prestigious annual literary award in the Czech Republic

Full Description

Petr Hruška is widely considered one of the most important Czech poets.

Based on ‘The First Voyage around the World’, written exactly 500 years earlier by Antonio Pigafetta, Hruška’s I Caught Sight of my Face turns the glorious saga of Magellan’s voyage of discovery into an unsettling exploration of human behavior, showing how man remains an anxious, insecure, sometimes cowardly, evil, xenophobic and violent being.

It is an uncomplicated, yet at the same time, deeply profound book, brought to life through illustrations by Jakub Špaňhel (1976), an acclaimed contemporary Czech visual artist, who creates an interesting dialogue between the text and its visual accompaniment.

About the Author

Petr Hruška (1964) is a poet and literary historian who lives in Ostrava, Czech Republic. His poetry has won several state and international awards, including the Czech State Award for Literature in recognition of his collection Darmata (To No Travail, 2012) and Magnesia Litera, the most prestigious annual literary award in the Czech Republic, for his collection Spatřil jsem svou tvář (I Caught Sight of My Face, 2022). Collections of Hruška’s poetry have been translated into French, German, Polish, Italian, Hungarian, Romanian, and Croatian.

Specifications

Publisher: Kulturalis
ISBN: 9781836360087
Publish date: 10th Dec 2024
Binding: Hardback
Territory: USA & Canada
Size: 5.2 in x 8.27 in
Pages: 76 Pages

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