The Blue Butterfly - The Balkan Trilogy, Vol. 1

Taking its departure from both the Nazi massacre at Kragujevac in former Yugoslavia in 1941, and a moment at the memorial museum in 1985, when a blue butterfly descended onto Berengarten's writing hand, this profound book crafts living poetry out of suffering and tragedy. Passionate and thoughtful, demanding and rewarding, this moral and joyous work is European in context but universal in scope and relevance.

About the author

Richard Berengarten (a.k.a. Richard Burns) was born in London in 1943, into a family of musicians. His writing integrates multiple strands, including English, French, Mediterranean, Jewish, Slavic, American and Asian influences. He has published more than 25 books. He is currently a Fellow of the English Association, a Bye-Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge, an Academic Associate at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and poetry editor of Jewish Quarterly. His poems have been translated into more than 90 languages.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Berengarten
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2011
• EAN: 9781848611771
• ISBN: 978-1-84861-177-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 223 g
• Series: Balkan Trilogy; The Balkan Trilogy
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh