The Earth on Fire by René Noyau trans. Gérard Noyau with Peter Pegnall Roisin Kelly old people living alone –

old people living alone – are found dead

Translator Ilmar Lehtpere has compiled a selection of translations in the form of a poetic dialogue between husband and wife

and for the poet’s remarkable ability to uncover the little abysses that lurk just below the domestic familiar

and acts of unkindness closer to home

For English readers

The Earth on Fire by René Noyau trans. Gérard Noyau with Peter Pegnall Roisin Kelly old people living alone –The first translation into English of the poems of Francophone Mauritian writer Ren Noyau (19111984)The poems are presented in their original French as well as in English translation.There are many reasons to be fascinated by Ren Noyau He cannot be pigeonholed in any particular style or subject matter, moves from the earthy to the ethereal, often in the same poem. A devotee of the surreal image, exotic and startling, he is also capable of a raw