The Forbidden Door

<p>In <em>The Forbidden Door</em> poets Carolyn Forche and Lars Gustaf Andersson masterfully translate the selected poems of Swedish poet Lasse S��derberg in one of his first substantial volumes in the English language. S��derberg has embraced and celebrated the phantasmagoria of life itself over a span of seventy years in verse heavily influenced by Surrealists Paz and Eluard. The air is like gold leaf he writes I take a deep breath/and become gilded inside. The author of more than thirty books of poetry S��derberg strikes different poses - embodying different cultures and political moments - and moves easily from one reality to another. See for yourself why Ilya Kaminsky calls this one of the most important and moving collections of poetry in translation that I have read this decade.</p>