Angel Riding a Beast (Writings from an Unbound Europe) [Paperback]

Liliana Ursu (Author, Translator), Bruce Weigl (Translator)

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About Sacrifice
Above Us
American Night
At The Top Of The Mountain
The Beginning Of March
Cismigiu Park
The Coffee Tree
Computer Disk Containing One Thousand And One Variations On Silence
Depression Before The Equinox
February At The Sea
February Night Eating Blackberries
Heart Washed Like A Brain, Europe For Sale
Hierophany
I Was Picking Violets When I Heard A Howl
If I Lift My Eyes
In Bad Magic
The Intersection
The Key To Mystery
Longing
Marina Tsvetaeva
Mathematics
Memories From The Arc Of The Mountains
The Mistaken Road
The Monk
My Body
Pilgrim
Playing With The Mirror
Portrait And Renaissance Dance
Prayer For Brother Alexander
Prelude
The Purification Of Space For Dorothy
Rehearsing For Spring
Ruins At The Monastery At Cirtisoara
The Russian Army At Moldova
September Green
Sitting On The River's Bank Not Knowing Which Side You're On
The Small Truths
Society Of Consumers
The Sorrows Of The Young Werther
St. Anthony
Temptation Of The Abyss (or Letter From The City Of Vikings)
Theory
Through A Town Lost In The Balkans
The Town Of Pisa
Way Of The Stars
What I Hear
What My Eyes Say
Window Cut Into White Pine
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Romanian --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 75 pages
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press; 1 edition (November 11, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810116596
• ISBN-13: 978-0810116597
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,591,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars her images will take you "there", March 24, 1999

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This review is from: Angel Riding a Beast (Writings from an Unbound Europe) (Hardcover)

LILIANA URSU

Through Liliana's poetry you start a voyage into a world of emotions and feelings that are real, delicate, powerful and sensuous. As good art will always do, her images will take you "there", will make you feel the joy, the pain, the fear and sensuality of her every word. The longer you stay in her inspired universe, the more you become part of it and by sharing the experience it becomes your own.

Petra Vlah

5.0 out of 5 stars Absoloutely glorious poetry, July 9, 2001

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This review is from: Angel Riding a Beast (Writings from an Unbound Europe) (Paperback)

This collection of poetry is from the Romanian author's time in American. The introduction gently provides the necessary background to recognize the names of the Romanian poets mixed among Ezra Pound, Sylvia Plath, Ovid ...

The recurrent images in this collection are from Orthodox Christianity, erotic episodes, Romanian landscapes ... While there are glimpses of political/social/religious oppression and the East/West Europe, Old/New World distinctions, the poetry is immediately accessible to an American.

Her distinctiveness is very low key but absolutely perfect lines. In "The Russian Army at Moldova" she explores the crucifixion of a man in 1992, she refers to the normal elements of the Passion, then to contemporary America (satellites, snow) and concludes with the line "I also take note of the high price of nails." It is the absolute concreteness in here-and-now images that make this poetry superb.