The Day Laid Bare by Kiwao Nomura, trans. Eric Selland
PBS Translation Choice Winter 2020 Ulrike Almut Sandig which form an integral part

which form an integral part of her books

from 1991's debut The Sirocco Roomto Out There (2012

and this’ – referring to an earlier edition of this book – ‘is the true body of his work’

that voice

Inside this silence

The Day Laid Bare by Kiwao Nomura, trans. Eric Selland <br><b>PBS Translation Choice Winter 2020</b> Ulrike Almut Sandig which form an integral partIn The Day Laid Bare, Kiwao Nomura takes us on a tour through hell on earth, much like Dantes Inferno. The parades of flesh winding their way through Nomuras poem are living creatures both human and non human, or often subhuman, but who nevertheless ultimately embody the human condition. The title, The Day Laid Bare, speaks to human life stripped down to its most basic reality vulnerable and powerless. The entire work is overshadowed by the colossal