Sometimes a Single Leaf by Esther Dischereit
PBS Winter Recommended Translation 2019 Maria Jastrzebska 'Free of the habitual lyricism

'Free of the habitual lyricism of Indian writers

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Neither that collection nor this one is included in her Bloodaxe retrospective

In the words of her translator: Esther Dischereits poetry offers a visceral pathography of post-war continuities

and ‘new’ need not be taken to imply ‘young’

Sometimes a Single Leaf by Esther Dischereit <br><b>PBS Winter Recommended Translation 2019</b> Maria Jastrzebska 'Free of the habitual lyricismWhether in poetry, fiction, radio drama or sound installations, Esther Dischereit's work represents a unique departure in recent European writing: a distinctive, off beat syntax of German Jewish intimacy with the fractured consciousness and deeply rutted cultural landscape of today's Germany. Sometimes a Single Leaf, mirroring the development of Esther Dischereit's poetry across three decades, includes selections from three of her books as well as a