Queen's Gate

In 1999, Queen's Gate, Pia Tafdrup's ninth book, won Scandinavia's most prestigious literary award, The Nordic Council Literature Prize. Now available in English in a lovely rendition by David McDuff, English language readers can experience this outs

My Mother's Hand	p. 11
In	p. 12
Pain Light	p. 14
Nature Morte	p. 15
Voices, Tracks	p. 16
For a Change	p. 17
Hatsheput In Memoriam	p. 18
Arrival	p. 21
Frost Hall Meditation	p. 22
A Place in the Snow	p. 23
Mythic Morning	p. 25
The Mirror's Optics	p. 27
Signs of Fate	p. 29
Wannsee	p. 31
The Ice in the Canals	p. 35
The Autumn Distended	p. 36
Sleep Code	p. 38
Seven Nights and Seven Days	p. 40
As Long as the Water Is Carried Away	p. 44
Passage	p. 46
The Shining River	p. 49
The Spring	p. 53
The Acacia Valley	p. 54
Parable	p. 55
Joseph in the Pit	p. 56
The Profile of Memory	p. 59
Kiss the Prince	p. 60
The Horse's Eye	p. 62
The Pen	p. 65
At the Far End of the Pier	p. 66
The Smell	p. 68
After a Winter's Sleep	p. 69
Wet Desert	p. 71
Innocence Italicised	p. 73
The Sea, I	p. 74
Lacrima	p. 83
Blood Seconds	p. 84
Sweat Hour	p. 86
The Orchard	p. 88
Inscription	p. 89
June Dream	p. 90
Antidote	p. 92
The Angel Is Having Its Feet Washed	p. 94
The Child Learns to Love Water	p. 95
Out of My Sleeping Form	p. 96
Flaming Water	p. 98
Mercilessness	p. 99
Grey	p. 100
Ice Age	p. 101
Rain Sum	p. 105
Whistling	p. 106
Lesson Behind the Leaves	p. 107
Summer in Denmark. On Location	p. 108
Only a Knife	p. 111
The Heavenly Spire	p. 112
The Soul's Lake	p. 113
Marriage	p. 117
Disarmed	p. 118
Illuminated Night	p. 119
No Way Back	p. 120
From the Coral Abyss	p. 122
The Dreams' Watering Place	p. 123
Seal	p. 125
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