Italy Unveiled: A Journey in Poetry: A Journey in Poetry (English-Italian Parallel Edition): 1

In Italy Unveiled – A Journey in Poetry , celebrated Australian poet Luke Whitington brings us his latest collection of poems – a tribute to Italy and twenty years of life he spent there. Through his indelible longing, expressed in his extraordinary poetry, he takes us on a unique and intimate journey through Italy. His poetry is a bridge between cultures. We discover an Italy full of life and love. Memories indelibly impressed in his being, echo in his poetry. He weaves the ordinary and the superlative of Italy, unveiling a beautiful tapestry. A love, sometimes central, sometimes in the margins of a verse, appears again and again. Luke’s poetry has been widely published, including in two volumes of poetry of over two hundred poems with Ginninderra Press. He has presented his poetry in Italy, Ireland, Australia and internationally. This edition brings readers his poetry in its original English together with an authorised Italian translation in a beautiful parallel language format. “What Light Can Do captures the intense overlap of places that can exist in one person, in the depths of one person who journeys from edge to centre and seeks to be in both places at once. …”. Ivan Head, Quadrant Magazine “Memory for Luke Whitington is his life’s existential continuum … His poems are haunted by pasts as they weave in and out of his contexts of fleshed-out figuration contrasted with classical stone statuary or a seagull from Ostia ghosting a dark, empty town square …” Bernard Hardy “This is a poet who knows history and art, and feels intensely both youth’s freshness and the nostalgias of age, lamenting lost parents and lovers. His Italy is flavoured by Horace and Brodsky; his imagery is rich and deep … A poet of luxuriant talent …” Mark O’Connor, multi-award winning Australian poet “… a life justified … by a poetic product of considerable, true quality and appeal … a constant, brilliant writer.” Paolo Totaro, Italian-Australian poet —- ISBN: 9780645844696 | ISBN10: 0645844691 | ISBN-13: 978-0645844696