To the Outermost Stars by Stein Mehren, trans. Agnes Langeland Anne Walsh Donnelly prior to the arising of

prior to the arising of the conditioning

hopelessness too

A wise cat among wonders

’ – Simon Barraclough

completed this modern poetry trilogy

To the Outermost Stars by Stein Mehren, trans. Agnes Langeland Anne Walsh Donnelly prior to the arising ofStein Mehren, Norwegian poet and playwright, writes in the language of the heart, weaving his themes and imagery into a kind of baroque music, in poems that swell and fall like symphonies. Writing about love and desire, and the despair that often attends them, he weaves together classical love stories and intimate expressions of love in daily life to create a tapestry of the strongest human emotions. Stein Mehren "is one of Norwegian literature's