Mercies - Anne Sexton Edith Koenders Hij heeft stilte en rust

Hij heeft stilte en rust nodig om te schrijven en eist dat niemand zijn werk in de weg staat

to the relatively non-Jewish world of his collection of stories entitled 'Red Cavalry'

and the mystery at humanity's heart

In het Frans bestond een dergelijke bundel niet

and begins a confession that captivates the unknown man and soon inspires him to seek her out

Mercies - Anne Sexton Edith Koenders Hij heeft stilte en rustWhen Anne Sexton took her own life in October 1974, she left behind a body of work which had already, in less than two decades of writing, won her the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, established her as one of the foremost voices of her generation, and shocked America by breaking multiple taboos of subject matter, from insanity, depression and addiction to menstruation, adultery and the figure of the witch. Sexton's name is legendary. Her poetry is read