Reykjavik Requiem by Gerður Kristný
PBS Autumn Special Commendation 2020 Rachel McCarthy in an attractive pocket-sized format

in an attractive pocket-sized format

this anthology gathers fourteen centuries of extraordinary verse – beginning with the first writings from the old languages of England and Ireland

whose work he has translated

Antony Mair

In Love in Another Language Dick Davis is shown to be the outstanding formal poet of his generation

Reykjavik Requiem by Gerður Kristný <br><b>PBS Autumn Special Commendation 2020</b> Rachel McCarthy in an attractive pocket-sized formatThis is Gerur Kristn's third collection from Arc and the third of the trilogy which already comprises the highly acclaimed Bloodhoof and Drpa. In all three poetic sequences, the poet employs the archaic form of the saga to conjure up razor sharp dark and bewildering images of the fates of women in a world where the boundaries between life and death and what lies beyond are unclear. In this particular sequence, Gerur Kristn gives a voice to a woman