Odetta in Babylon and the Canada Express

by Gregorio Kohon

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Pub Date 1 Mar 2022 | Archive Date 17 Dec 2021

Parthian Books

Multicultural Interest | Poetry & Verse

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Description

Translated by Gregorio Kohon with Toni Griffiths, Introduction by Gwen MacKeith. Bearing the unmistakable imprint of its time, as a voice in a chorus of writers from the counterculture of 1960s Argentina, Gregorio Kohon’s celebrated 1968 narrative poem is a masterful tale of a life lived on the edge, a transient life of odd jobs, moving around, impermanent homes, shared rooms, crashed parties, whole nights spent in bars and cafés, sleeping rough, surviving from one moment to the next.

Translated by Gregorio Kohon with Toni Griffiths, Introduction by Gwen MacKeith. Bearing the unmistakable imprint of its time, as a voice in a chorus of writers from the counterculture of 1960s...

Advance Praise

"It’s terriﬁc - such energy, so many diﬀerent moods and stories, people, happenings; a mysterious involvement with the deepest things - life, death, love, failure, aspiration, youth, sensuality, knowledge…. Its length gives it a mythic quality. I loved the pace and rhythm, which made it almost chantable. It has such an un-English freedom to it…" -

Melanie Hart