Heroines from Abroad by Christine Marendon, transl. by Ken Cockburn poetry yet infused with darker undercurrents

yet infused with darker undercurrents and nightmarish imagery

Rhythmically propulsive and dizzyingly inter-connective

With 25 poems and many full-page illustrations that use watercolour and collage

Her gaze is not limited to personal experience

Heroines from Abroad by Christine Marendon, transl. by Ken Cockburn poetry yet infused with darker undercurrentsHeroines 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