{"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\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780373881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Menna Elfyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51948733268149,"sku":"9781780373881","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d590b571-6f74-4341-a4fd-c68fba29abba.jpg?v=1762272604","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bondo-9781780373881","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}