Tau PublishingIcarus in Assisi
Poems, with Italian translation by Gaia and Lorenzo Chiuchiú
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-61956-735-1
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-323-0
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-324-7
- Pages
- 54
- Size
- 5.5 × 8.5 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound second edition, September 2026
- Language
- English
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About this book
“Poverty is not without wings. It lifts.” — Murray Bodo, “Icarus in Assisi”
A small homage to St. Francis and St. Clare in Murray Bodo’s poems of Assisi, with each poem in English facing its Italian translation. Pilgrims are warned of vipers on Mount Subasio, Pietro Bernardone tells the cloth merchant’s tale, Anthony preaches from a walnut tree, and Clare dies at her mirror on August 11, 1253.
The book began in a conversation with Don Aldo Brunacci, the Assisi priest honored for sheltering Jews during the Second World War, to whom it is dedicated. He found the translators, Gaia and Lorenzo Chiuchiú of the Accademia Lingua Italiana of Assisi, who worked through each poem with the poet.
Inside
- Note on the Italian translation
- Nineteen poems of Francis, Clare and Assisi, from “Directions for Pilgrims” to “St. Clare: Summer Night, Scattered Clouds”
- English and Italian on facing pages
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