Argura
By: John Peck.
Publisher: Carcanet
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Description: "Reviewing John Peck's previous book, Poems and Translations of Hi Lo, Clive Wilmer commented that he 'has powers to excel the best of his contemporaries' with his 'series of brilliant translations'. The New York Times remarked that Peck's poetry is distinguished by an impressive intelligence, and Donald Davie describes him as 'a poet addressing himself. . . to honouring and extending the whole of the tradition he is heir to.'"--BOOK JACKET.