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Frédéric Wandelère
La Compagnie capricieuse
La Compagnie capricieuse
«I saw great whales with my father; That was when they still travelled From town to town, stuffed of course And protected from stares worth less than 50 Centimes, but dignified in their powerlessness In touring fairground trailers With model seamen On the roads of the continent»
These short poems are striking, first for their airy lightness, second for the precision of the artist’s strokes, and lastly for their musicality. Grasshoppers and dragonflies, fish, crabs and octopuses surprised in the midst of their undersea ballets; neighbours and passers-by; followed by the stubborn dead: here they all are, discreet and ephemeral, lightly drawn with minute scientific poetry and with a surprised, sometimes comical severity by a poet in search of those slivers of light that can sometimes make your day.
(Jury selection of the Swiss Literature Prize, transl. by Andrea Mason Willfratt)
Translation of title: The Company of Capricious Characters
La Dogana, Genève 2012
ISBN: 978-2-940055-71-5