The Dark God descends upon the darkness: Selected Poetry and Prose of Srečko Kosovel

Selected poetry and prose of Srečko Kosovel. These poems speak loudly and directly to us, as if Kosovel was speaking directly to us moderns from beyond the grave. These pieces cut straight to the heart of the crisis of modern man, as they both ruthlessly criticise the mechanism to which man has fallen prey, but also show a way past our impasse through a creative engagement with the Divine. If Kosovel had written in any of the major European languages, he would be considered among the great poets of the century, but because he wrote in little-known Slovene, he has been unjustly neglected outside of Slovenia. This translation aims to rectify that and to portray the full force of Kosevel's verse. Read more