{"product_id":"9781780377629","title":"The Sight of Light | The Sound of Clouds | The Touch of Skin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new translation of three collections from one of \u003cspan\u003eDenmark’s leading poets completes the remarkable \u003ci\u003eSenses Quintet\u003c\/i\u003e in English. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePia Tafdrup has published over 20 books in Danish since her first collection appeared in 1981, including widely admired sequences of themed collections. The latest of these is a series of five books focussing on the human senses, her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSenses Quintet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2014-2022), which the critic Carsten Palmer Schale has called ‘a cathedral of the soul’ and ‘the best collection of poems written in Scandinavia in the past 20 years’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBloodaxe published David McDuff’s translation of the first two collections in the quintet, \u003cem\u003eThe Taste of Steel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Smell of Snow\u003c\/em\u003e, in one volume in 2021. This edition brings together his translations of the third, fourth and fifth parts, \u003cem\u003eThe Sight of Light\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Clouds\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Touch of Skin\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll parts of life are mediated through the five senses in the five books, including the way of the world and the losses that people sustain during the course of their lives – the disappearance of friends and family members, but also the erosion of control of one’s own existence. The themes of ecology, war and conflict are never far away, and there is a constant recognition of the circular nature of life, the interplay of the generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pia Tafdrup","offers":[{"title":"Bloodaxe |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-01-23","offer_id":47353570230527,"sku":"9781780377629","price":36.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3dadc356-fb9f-496d-976a-403a6bb6c199.jpg?v=1760540797","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781780377629","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}