Perched on Nothing's Branch & Selected Poems

Attila József (1905-1937), a towering, tragic poet in modern 20th Century world literature, was an orphan and a social outcast whose innovative raw imagery captured the plight of suffering humanity during his chaotic age. American poet Peter Hargitai's translation, bold, brilliant, and refreshingly contemporary in diction and format, celebrates 120 years of Attila József. His volume Perched on Nothing's Branch is listed in Harold