Poetry. Translated from the Latin by David Hadbawnik. Art by Carrie Kaser. David Hadbawnik's astonishing modern translation of the Aeneid has been appearing in excerpts in a number of US publications, but this is the first time that a sizeable group of them has been brought together. This handsome volume presents Hadbawnik's version of the first half of Virgil's great national epic, with atmospheric illustrations from Carrie Kaser.

"These translations are not only full of light, but also speed ... Hadbawnik's AENEID is not the creative destruction of erasure, but rather...