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Description
On the Contrary by Lia Sturua, translated by Natalia Bukia Peters and Victoria Field, is the first collection in English from this remarkable Georgian poet. Born in 1939, Lia has lived through tumultuous times, and has always been an innovative, original and inspirational poet, drawing on imagery of music, painting, architecture and the body in her dreamlike work.
Lia Sturua, born in Tbilisi in 1939, is one of Georgia’s most important poets. She was among the first to use free verse alongside traditional forms, and throughout her long career, she has been an inspiration to younger poets. This collection presents a selection of recent work chosen by Lia herself. These are vivid and dreamlike poems evoking inner and outer worlds simultaneously. The poet constantly questions the role played by the arts, whether painting, music or poetry itself, in our endeavours to be fully human. She sets this against a world of questions and uncertainties. In these new translations, Natalia Bukia-Peters and Victoria Field open a window for us into the remarkable poetry of Georgia, and this poet in particular.
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