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Translated by Linda White
“Sooner or later everyone knows
All the routes of escape are closed.”
Joannes Etxeberri of Ziburu
A cluster of old houses surrounded an ivy-covered church at the foot ...
Translated by Linda White
She’s alone in the world.
She loves getting letters, but when she looks in the mailbox it’s always empty.
She decided to write to herself. She put ...
Barren, sun-baked and glistening
from rough weather, rocky crags with deep
gnawn-away gorges and warped landings
hanging plant growth
and rubble as the base of cliffs
descend as ...
A bright chink of sunshine falls in through the open flap of a tepee onto two sleeping forms. The smaller one tosses and turns:
‘An early start godamnit… that’s what it ...
Translated by John Rutherford
So sleepy. The light comes in round the edges of the blind. Net curtains. She’d just woken up. She half-covered her face, so cold out there, and ...
Translated by Patricia Seta
“In Blow-up I used my head instinctively!”
Michelangelo Antonioni.
“In the centre of the picture, just under the surface”
Margaret Atwood, This is a Photograph of Me
You see ...
Translated by Laura McGloughlin and Paul Mitchell
The rattling of the engine made me drowsy, but I was wide awake. I wasn’t dreaming now. On one side Elvira, on the other ...
murrai is pondering a profound study on
ignorance but does not want to devote himself to writing it
until he acquires greater general unknowledge
yes yes the paper ...
Translated by John Rutherford
‘Attack the seagulls’ nest,’ a man’s voice repeated on the intercom. ‘Attack the seagulls’ nest.’
‘The seagulls’ nest?’ he tried to confirm. ‘That’d be the fourth day running, ...
The mirror of elegance before my eyes
and my eyelids sleep a sinewy sleep
in liquid lines of the expressions etched
on a face of cruelty close to ...
Translated by Elizabeth Macklin and Linda White
The roof of the trailer was patched with green asbestos shingles and the dingy interior was filled nearly wall to wall by a large ...
Railroad Train, 1908
No sooner is the caboose
out of sight than they’ve
already forgotten you.
It’s like losing clout or taking
a load off their minds. ...