Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the German by David Young. Cover art by the author's wife, Gisele Celan-Lestrange. "Celan's English language readers, and readers to come, will be deeply grateful for this new translation of his second book. I admire David Young's clear and respectful introduction, generous to his colleagues in Celan translation, and helpful in providing a broad context for this poetry; and I admire, especially, his faithfulness in spirit as he becomes a 'water-diviner' of Celan's work. Young is a subtle, trusting reader of the ways this poet of poets took as he had...

The summer break finds friends Luke, Becky and Daniel visiting their aunt at the seaside. Famous for its fossils, the beach is a treasure trove for Luke, who loves dinosaurs. However, as they investigate disappearing dogs and a mysterious museum attendant, they discover that a creepy clown and a ghostly creature don't want them to find the truth.

In the not so distant (and nowhere near as bright) future, young Chantal Kiffer grew up, a 'latch key kid, ' in a 'Cold Zone;' something that could best be described as a lawless modern day slum district. Orphaned before her teens, Chantal was adopted by her only aunt, who threw her out when she was sixteen. At eighteen Chantal was abandoned by her cowardly boyfriend when she told him she was carrying his child. Faced with the virtual death sentence of homelessness in the Cold Zone, Chantal is forced to turn to prostitution. Rescued from a considerable beating from a marauding rape gang by an...

Daniel and Luke think that Becky is going mad, until they too hear the voices. After that, what started as an ordinary school trip, becomes a journey into another world: one where people are not who they seem to be and where time has stood still. A restless force is intent upon the children finishing a long forgotten task. Can they do it?