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Pavilion Poetry: 5-Minute Scan
The Following Scan Will Last Five Minutes, a Poetry Book Society Summer Choice and Recommended Translation for 2019, was written in the three months following Dutch writer Lieke Marsman's cancer diagnosis. Beautifully translated by the poet Sophie Collins, the book is a work of poetry, social criticism, and autobiography, offering an honest and dryly comic account of a period in the author's life.
In the book, Marsman considers, among other things, the state of contemporary Dutch politics and – via Susan Sontag's Illness as Metaphor – the rhetoric surrounding her disease. The series of short poems is anchored by an essay that speaks directly to Audre Lorde's journal entries and personal reflections on cancer. Lorde had written, "I do not wish my anger and pain and fear about cancer to fossilise into yet another silence, not to rob me of whatever strength can lie at the core of this experience, openly acknowledged and examined." It is this same principle that underpins The Following Scan Will Last Five Minutes.
The book elides pretension in search of autonomy and self-knowledge, providing a poignant and insightful exploration of the author's experience with cancer. In addition to the poems and essay, the book includes a translator's note in the form of a letter from Sophie Collins to her author and friend, Lieke Marsman. This letter offers further insight into the translation process and the personal connection between the two writers.
Overall, The Following Scan Will Last Five Minutes is a powerful and compelling work that blends the personal and the political, the poetic and the critical, in a way that is both moving and intellectually engaging. The book's honest and uncompromising approach to the subject of cancer, combined with its deft handling of language and form, make it a standout addition to the contemporary literary landscape.
product information:
| Attribute | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| publisher | Pavilion Poetry; Translation edition (April 30, 2019) | ||||
| language | English | ||||
| paperback | 62 pages | ||||
| isbn_10 | 1786942135 | ||||
| isbn_13 | 978-1786942135 | ||||
| item_weight | 2.31 pounds | ||||
| dimensions | 7.2 x 0.3 x 4.3 inches | ||||
| best_sellers_rank | #3,148,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3,332 in Death, Grief & Loss Poetry (Books) #7,314 in European Poetry (Books) #9,022 in Poetry by Women | ||||
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