and sureness of touch, as opposed to the vacillating nature of language. [Hans Magnus] Enzensberger also repeatedly pays homage to handmade objects and the old-school craftsmanship that has become harder to find in the modern age. "The Copy" is one example.The poem opens by introducing Steinar Petursson, an Icelandic carpenter who arrived in Copenhagen "a good hundred years ago," and saw a "wonderful machine--a gleaming band-saw."
He ran his fingers
from The Prague Post: Writers' Festival: Enzensberger offers immortality on the page
also The Prague Post: Writers' Festival: As good as their words
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