Publisher's Synopsis
"Homecoming" includes in their entirety three collections of Bo Carpelan's poems which represent the achievement maturity of one of Finland's greatest poets, whose collection of verse appeared in 1946.;"The Cool Day" (1961), "The Courtyard" (1969) and "Years Like Leaves" (1989) are combined in "Homecoming", translated by David McDuff, who also translated Carpelan's classic novel "Axel" (Carcanet, 1989; Paladin, 1990). The "Courtyard" poems are enriched with memories of his 1930s childhood in Helsingfors, the verse rooted in a specific place and time.
