Date of Review:

05/13/2009

Published Work:

Francis Ponge: Unfinished Ode to Mud (shortlisted for the Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation 2009)

Reviewer:

Lee Rourke

Source:

The Times Literary Supplement

Review Excerpt:

‘Beverley Bie Brahic’s translation is wholly in keeping with Ponge’s own premiss . . . that he should “never sacrifice the object of [his] study in order to enhance some verbal turn discovered on the subject”. These new translations never interfere with Ponge’s vision, and things do not lose their thingness. We can be grateful to both the translator and CB editions for bringing the unique work of Francis Ponge back to the attention of English-speakers.’

Link to Full Review:

"A Cleaning Vehicle"