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I Caught Sight of My Face
- 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
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.
- 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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