Following Scan Will Last Five Minutes

Frank, conversational and suffused with a dry humour, this book is a record of poet and novelist Lieke Marsman’s diagnosis, events and thoughts of having bone cancer. An energising mix of prose and lyric, the poems offer readings of both the writer and her environment. Translated by poet Sophie Collins.

Franca, conversationala si plina de umor sec, aceasta carte este o inregistrare a diagnosticului poetului si romancierului Lieke Marsman, a evenimentelor si a gandurilor de a avea cancer osos. Un amestec energizant de proza si versuri, poeziile ofera lecturi atat ale scriitoarei, cat si ale mediului ei.