Minotaur’s Daughter

Selected Poems

AvEva Luka

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Poems from a new Slovak voice reminiscent of Rilke and Sharon Olds.An evocative collection by Slovak poet Eva Luka, The Minotaur’s Daughter seamlessly melds the human and natural worlds, weaving motifs of mythology, nature, and personal freedom into a tapestry of vivid imagery and profound emotion. The poems traverse settings from Japan to mythic landscapes, exploring the complexities of sexuality, desire, and transition.Central to Luka’s work is the theme of resistance—against societal pressures and psychic harm. Her poetic voice defies artistic conformity, merging human and animal identities to challenge gender norms and explore mutable identities. Through this innovative fusion, her poems capture both the terror and beauty of existence, drawing parallels to Rilke's metaphysical explorations while grounding her work in the pantheistic and protoplasmic. Journeying through darkness and light, The Minotaur’s Daughter reveals an unwavering commitment to artistic and personal truth, establishing Luka as a formidable voice of resistance in contemporary European poetry.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-10-31
Mått:159 x 235 x 10 mm
Vikt:172 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Slovak List
Antal sidor:100
Förlag:Seagull Books London Ltd
ISBN:9781803095059
Översättare:James Sutherland-Smith

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Eva Luka is a Slovak poet, writer, translator, illustrator, and Japanologist. She has published four collections of poetry and two works of children’s literature, and she has translated numerous works from English—including Bob Dylan and Edgar Allan Poe—and Japanese—Banana Yoshimoto and Kóbó Abe—into Slovak. James Sutherland-Smith is a translator of Slovak and Serbian poetry, including Ján Buzássy, Mária Ferencuhová, Ján Gavura, Ivana Milankov, and Miodrag Pavlovic. He has also published eight collections of his own poetry.

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"I love these witchy poems about liminal spaces and hybrid creatures, man-beasts and fish-birds and dead-alive beings. . . . Here is a book alive with the darkness of Old World fairy tales.”

Innehållsförteckning

Translator’s NoteThe Water AnomalyBuddhaCaldariumTepidariumFrigidariumA Dog’s BeingSnailIn RedAmong the Rose HipsNakednessOpium PoppyBlue GapBrain DeathMechanical DollMan and WomanI-BeastDeviltreeYou and Me When the Cock CrowsThe Cry of the PeacockKilling a BirdPortrait of the Late Mrs. PartridgeThe Husband of the Late Mrs. PartridgeThe Death of Mrs. PartridgeThe Body of the Late Mrs. PartridgeThe Late Mrs. Partridge’s WakeCirceWildsisterWildbrotherVirginiaThree Young Women Are Playing DiceNecromancerCentaurAnd Then They Saw the Minotaur’s DaughterRavenangelRavenangel IIRavenangel IIIUnder the SnowOwlBatsCatPoem for the Eyes of a DogBirdbathMy Step-Sister’s HenYoshikoThe Old WomenJourneyIkitsuki IslandPorcelainBamboosA Horse Came into Our StreetFish MarketTuesdayAsoCrab SoupDarknessLandscape in WhiteThe RuinReturn to the IslandsMercy