Night of Shooting Stars

By Leonardo Sinisgalli

Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the Italian by W. S. Di Piero. NIGHT OF SHOOTING STARS is the definitive edition of Leonardo Sinisgalli's poetry in English. Selected, translated, and introduced by W. S. Di Piero, this bilingual collection represents work from each phase of Sinisgalli's career, giving readers a comprehensive look into one of Italy's essential 20th century poets. "Sinisgalli's work follows a trajectory that passes from the modern city at one end of its major axis to the ancient countryside of Lucania at the other. W. S. Di Piero...offers the reader an exceptionally good translation that is both sensitive and faithful"--World Literature Today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935635069
• ISBN13: 9781935635062
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Tavern Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.