num_pages: 160
description: Georg Trakl's poems are considered some of the most difficult for any translator to tackle; his German is dense and sometimes almost impenetrable. Daniel Simko's collection Autumn Sonata, has been lauded for the "simplicity and directness" of its translations, accomplished with out sacrificing the drama of Trakl's rich imagery. Suffering from manic depressive episodes and haunted by his experiences tending the wounded and dying during World War One, Trakl's poems reflect a sense of lostness: nightmare visions and disembodied voices provide an often eccentric perspective of reality. Though he yearns for deliverance, there poems do not anticipate it. Instead, they map the interior landscape of a brilliant, though troubled, spirit.
language: English
title: Autumn Sonata: Selected Poems
titlecomplete: Autumn Sonata: Selected Poems
genres: Classics, German Literature, Poetry, 20th Century
ratings_count: 366
publisher: Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries