Heroines from Abroad by Christine Marendon, transl. by Ken Cockburn you are mistaken and a skilful and varied

and a skilful and varied use of form

Wendy Cope celebrates ‘the half-forgotten stories of our lives’ with compassion

Written in crisp detail

Collected Poems reflects Berger’s longstanding concerns with art and politics

Heroines from Abroad by Christine Marendon, transl. by Ken Cockburn you are mistaken and a skilful and variedHeroines from Abroad introduces a vibrant new voice to the English language. Christine Marendons enigmatic, meditative poems, translated here from the German and collected for the first time, draw on dreams, fairy tales and childhood memories to tap into a world beyond conscious reach. Marendons poems do not present ideas so much as embody states of mind. Something is realised through the poem, rather than said within it. Here, the voice is more