North in the World: Selected Poems of Rolf Jacobsen, a Bilingual Edition

As translator and American poet Roger Greenwald (Connecting Flight) explains in his introduction to the bilingual volume North in the World: Selected Poems of Rolf Jacobsen, Jacobsen (1907-1994) was one of the first Norwegians to write in unrhymed free verse, to use colloquial speech and to draw on contemporary urban scenes and experiences. These poems, drawn from throughout Jacobsen's career, frequently take up new technologies and the relationship between nature and the man-made world. ""Under the gutter gratings, under the moldy stone cellars, under the damp roots of avenues with linden trees and the parks' lawns: The telephone cables' nerve fibers. The gas pipes' hollow veins. Sewers."" (Apr.)