"La Clarte Notre–Dame" and "The Last Book of the Madrigals"
Jaccottet, Philippe / Taylor, John / Tappy, Jose–flore
The last works of the last great classic European poet now available in English. In his 96th and final year, and with the help of the poet José-Flore Tappy, celebrated Swiss poet Philippe Jaccottet finished two manuscripts-in-progress, one in prose and one in poetry, both of which are presented in this volume in John Taylor‿s sensitive translation.  The first work, “La Clarté Notre-Dame, � takes off from the “pure, weightless, fragi...