The Earth's Wall
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tr. Ned Condini, publ. Chelsea Editions.
Bilingual - 256pp. pb
We discover in Caproni a singular voice and a distinctive poetry, whose appearances can be
deceiving. Like Montale's, his is a poetry of the earth - notably the soil and rocks, as well
as the light and air of Liguria - which is also ironic, dryly intellectual, and metaphysical.
The surfaces of his poems can look simple, thanks to sharply etched imagery and a spare treatment
of line and stanza that combine, at moments, to create an effect of sheer clarity. Yet the poems
are often notable for their dense compression and their use of an intricate syntax ... A poet of
robust passion and cool intellection, Caproni thrives on ambivalence, contradiction and
counterpoint. Robert Hahn
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