{"product_id":"bondo-9781780373881","title":"Bondo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBondo\u003c\/em\u003e is Menna Elfyn's fifth poetry book from Bloodaxe. The title means \u003cem\u003eeaves\u003c\/em\u003e in Welsh, referring to poems about getting close to language as sanctuary. Other poems were written episodically over a number of years. These meditative poems began simply as a personal engagement with the grief of Aberfan, expressing solidarity with a nation’s wound. \u003cem\u003eBondo \u003c\/em\u003eis also the voice which echoes the role of the Welsh bard as remembrancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike her previous Bloodaxe titles, \u003cem\u003eBondo\u003c\/em\u003e is a dual-language Welsh-English edition. Again, the facing English translations are by leading Welsh poets, in this case Elin ap Hywel, Gillian Clarke, Damian Walford Davies and Robert Minhinnick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMenna Elfyn is the best-known, most travelled and most translated of all Welsh-language poets. The extraordinary international range of her subjects, breathtaking inventiveness and generosity of vision place her among Europe’s leading poets. Her 2007 Bloodaxe Books retrospective \u003cem\u003ePerfect Blemish: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems \/ Perffaith Nam: Dau Ddetholiad \u0026amp; Cherddi Newydd 1995-2007 \u003c\/em\u003ewas followed by two further Welsh-English collections, \u003cem\u003eMurmur\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), a Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation; and \u003cem\u003eBondo\u003c\/em\u003e (2017). Her hybrid sixth poetry book from Bloodaxe, \u003cem\u003eParch\u003c\/em\u003e (2025), combines translations and self-translations with poetry written direct into English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Menna Elfyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42961788371062,"sku":"9781780373881","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_b33fdbb8-340b-4529-869c-ef4faed727f8.jpg?v=1767860632","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/bondo-9781780373881","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}