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The Mountains of Kong

The Mountains of Kong New and Selected Prose Poems

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Publisher's Synopsis

Splendid and surprising prose poems from one of Norway's most imaginative poets

The sixty-one prose poems collected in The Mountains of Kong find magic in the little absurdities of everyday life and are populated by an unpredictable cast that includes kings and codfish and elephants, a couple looking for a surrogate for their tears, and a lemming on the run.

Presented here in both English translations and their original Nynorsk, and with an introduction by acclaimed poet Stuart Ross, Straumsvåg's poems are a new kind of map that will deliver you to places you've never imagined.

Book information

ISBN: 9781998336074
Publisher: Assembly Press
Imprint: Assembly Press
Pub date:
Edition: Bilingual edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 150
Weight: -1g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm