In Case of Loss (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Lutz Seiler Seiler | knygos.lt

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In Case of Loss gathers the best of Lutz
Seiler's non-fiction from last twenty-five years, revealing his essays to be
different to, but on a par with, his fiction and poetry. Seiler's beautifully
anecdotal and associative pieces throw fascinating light on literature and his background,
not least the environmental and human catastrophe of the Soviet-era mining in
the community he grew up in, "the tired villages . . . beneath which lay the ore,
uranium." Other essays focus on poetry, including his discovery of poetry
during his military service and pieces on German poets, including Ernst
Meister, Jürgen Becker and Peter Huchel, whose former house, outside Berlin, is
now home to Lutz Seiler, after he broke and entered it with Huchel's widow's
blessing. Meanwhile, the title essay--a fascinating insight into creative
process--describes Huchel's notebook, a kind of dictionary of poetic images organised
by mood and location.

Providing a perfect welcome in to his work as
a whole, In Case of Loss sees one of
Europe's most original writers speak with openness and clarity in essays full
of insight, humanity and a poet's attention to the importance of often
overlooked objects and lives.