No Names Have Been Changed

<p>“<em>No Names Have Been Changed</em> Siriol Troup’s third collection offers strong strange visions. Her poems assured and varied in technique are equally at home in ancient cities or on today’s derelict coasts. She is a shrewd observer of times and trends: the Afghan coat the incense-burner… In her lines Meissen plates are set aside by violence; knives flash through Venice. But her poems are also strong in sympathy for the old lady requesting gin and tonic on her deathbed for the tenderness between a man and his ‘beautiful collared dog’. Troup’s long knowledge of languages leads to a final gift to her readers: the wit freshness and variety of her translations and re-imaginings.” —Alison Brackenbury </p>