Pearl

by Bernard O'Donoghue, Jane Draycott (Translation)

In a dream landscape radiant with jewels, a father sees his lost daughter on the far bank of a river: OCymy pearl, my girlOCO. One of the great treasures of the British Library, the fourteenth-century poem Pearl is a work of poetic brilliance. Its account of loss and consolation retains its force across six centuries. Jane Draycott in her new translation remakes the imaginative intensity of the original. This is, Bernard OOCODonoghue says in his introduction, OCyan event of great significance and excitementOCO, an encounter between medieval tradition and an acclaimed modern poet."

83 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 28, 2011