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Ann Jäderlund

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Virgin forest with a row of figures. Testimony’s tent.

Virgin forest with a row of figures. Testimony’s tent.
Why is there no explanation? It will never
pass. There is nothing else. You cannot
leave your body.

Oerbos met een rij figuren. De tent van de getuigenissen.

Oerbos met een rij figuren. De tent van de getuigenissen.
Waarom is er geen uitleg? Het gaat nooit
over. Er bestaat niets anders. Je kunt
je lichaam niet verlaten.

Urskog med en rad figurer. Vittnesbördens tält.
Varför finns det ingen förklaring? Det går aldrig
över. Det finns ingenting annat. Du kan inte
lämna din kropp.

© 2009, Ann Jäderlund
From: Vad hjälper det en människa om hon häller rent vatten över sig i alla sina dagar
Publisher: Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm

Ann Jäderlund

(Sweden, 1955)

Ann Jäderlund connects her poetry to other texts and art forms to a large extent. She uses fragments from European literature, such as ‘you died today or was it yesterday’, an echo of the opening sentence from Albert Camus’s The Stranger. Her poetry leans on psychological and philosophical concepts (for example by Freud or Hume) and she attempts to capture the slow language of Iranian films in ...

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Virgin forest with a row of figures. Testimony’s tent.

Virgin forest with a row of figures. Testimony’s tent.
Why is there no explanation? It will never
pass. There is nothing else. You cannot
leave your body.

Virgin forest with a row of figures. Testimony’s tent.

Virgin forest with a row of figures. Testimony’s tent.
Why is there no explanation? It will never
pass. There is nothing else. You cannot
leave your body.