A Choice of Uppercuts

by Oliver Scharpf, Marco Sonzogni (Translator)

Overview

Scharpf's poems can be defined as expanded haiku. In spite of their brevity, however, they are suited to record physical and emotional journeys. Scharpf's verse has a distinctive colloquial diction: a sort of noisy stream of consciousness established by unorthodox syntax, sparse punctuation and frequent resort to verbalisms. Scharpf engages the reader with vivid snapshots of recognizable situations and feelings and thus the poems resonate with the poet's experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781550715606
Publisher:	Guernica Editions, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	104
File size:	614 KB

About the Author

Born in Lugano in 1977, Oliver Scharpf is a Swiss author who writes in Italian. At the age of twenty, Scharpf won the prestigious Premio Montale for an unpublished collection, which was then released by Mobydick with the titleUppercuts. The Premio Montale was followed by the Premio Città dell’Aquila and the Premio Schiller. In 2007 peQuod published Scharpf ’s second collection, La durata del viaggio dell’oliva dal martinicocktail.
Marco Sonzogni is Senior Lecturer in Italian at Victoria University of Wellington.