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Olav H. Hauge: Don't Give Me the Whole Truth
Olav H Hauge Don't Give Me the Whole Truth Author:Olav H. Hauge, James Greene Olav H. Hauge, born in 1908, is one of Norway's most highly regarded contemporary poets. This extensive selection of his poems is the first to appear in English translation. Though deeply rooted in his own West Norwegian landscape, which he evokes memorably, his poems are of universal not merely local appeal. In their everyday subject-matter, th... more »eir wry humour and their cool economy, his poems are comparable to those of William Carlos Williams or Brecht, some of whose work he has translated. Hauge's sharpness is that of precise observation and insight, not of metaphorical extravagance. Epigrammatic in their concision yet lyrical in their impulse, his poems have a serenity which makes them unusually rewarding.« less