Ibant Obscuri by Gareth Prior David Constantine are testament to that humble

are testament to that humble

deep poetry

It’s a quiet book

Translator Forrest Gander beautifully renders the eros and heartache

Ibant Obscuri by Gareth Prior David Constantine are testament to that humblethe way down to Hades is easy: night & day the dim gates lie open but to retrace your steps to the upper air thats the effort, that the work The journey to the underworld is also a descent into memory. Portals open in Venice and the Peak District; in the necromancy of Greek tragedy and the baked landscape of Avignon. Strange and familiar roads converge on the dead anagnorisis the encounter with the Other where all language fails.