Judith by G.G. Belli - Anthony Burgess's translation

While living in Trastevere, Burgess began an ambitious project: to translate all 2,279 sonnets of Giuseppe Gioachino Belli into 'English with a Manchester accent'. He set himself to tackle a sonnet a day, 'a strenuous hobby'. La bella Giuditta is from 1831.

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Can’t help but think of Bukowski.

[@jimnewcombe7584]

Why? Bukowski is the name always bandied about by people who don't know any poetry.