Reviews & Acclaim
“[Collodi’s] achievement here was to tap into the zany spirit of Tuscan humor to deliver a Pinocchio who swings alarmingly between lies and candor, generous sentiment and cruel mockery, good intentions and zero staying power. Geoffrey Brock’s accomplishment in his excellent new translation is to get that spirit across in English.”
:: Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books
“Geoffrey Brock’s poems are delightful in ways which are all too rare nowadays. I am grateful for their freshness of attack, the play and interplay of their words, and their speaking voice, which talks so often in the key of rueful comedy.”
:: Richard Wilbur
“The fact that The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry is one of the greatest reading experiences I’ve had, and not just as an anthology, is a testament to its editor and translator, Geoffrey Brock. With this luscious tome, Brock has offered anyone with even a modicum of interest in Italian literature, culture and history, the rare and wonderful opportunity to immerse oneself in toto… ”
:: Josh Zaidman, Bookslut
About the author
Geoffrey Brock is an American poet and translator. His second book of poems, Voices Bright Flags, was selected by Heather McHugh as the ninth winner of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize; it will be published by Waywiser Press in the fall of 2014. His first book, Weighing Light, received the New Criterion Poetry Prize and appeared in 2005. Poems from these collections originally appeared in journals including Poetry, The New England Review, Subtropics, Cincinnati Review, Hudson Review, and elsewhere. Many have also appeared in anthologies such as The Swallow Anthology of New American Poets, Best American Poetry 2007, and Pushcart Prize XXXIV. Read more ...
