"Mr. Bonnefoy [is] often lauded, and rightly so, as France's greatest living poet."--Micah Mattix, Wall Street Journal " Second Simplicity . reveal[s] Bonnefoy's remarkable inventiveness and desire to accommodate whatever form of address is called for, whether in verse or prose."--Ron Slate, On the Seawall "[A] handsome edition of Bonnefoy's recent work . a stunning presentation of a major poet."--Jim Kates, Arts Fuse "As the foreword to his lucid and responsible translations of Yves Bonnefoy's late work reveals, Hoyt Rogers has mastered the grand cumulus of ulterior translation, criticism, commentary, and biographical circumstance which so formidably confronts, and possibly daunts, the interpreter as well as the common reader, so that indeed Second Simplicity is for seasoned practitioners of this master not only a sort of precocious capstone of the still-rising edifice of the Great Work, but for newcomers to Bonnefoy an excellent, even an ideal, entrance to this writer's vast creation."--Richard Howard "Yves Bonnefoy is one of the rare poets in the history of literature to have sustained the highest level of artistic excellence throughout an entire lifetime--now more than half a century of work, and still counting.

These recent poems, superbly translated by Hoyt Rogers, attest to his enduring greatness."--Paul Auster "The final exemplar of a poetic legacy that begins with Baudelaire and Mallarmé, Yves Bonnefoy is the last figure standing in a monumental tradition that has shaped modern European literature. This lovingly supple and authoritative presentation by Hoyt Rogers of the rich, endlessly rewarding later phase of the great poet's work forms an invaluable contribution to our own poetry."--Jonathan Galassi "Hoyt Rogers displays extraordinary skill as a translator of this oeuvre, given the precision and imaginative daring of his choices, his metrical ear, and his multilayered knowledge of Yves Bonnefoy's work."--Marilyn Hacker "Second Simplicity is a magnificent collection by Yves Bonnefoy, one of the world's most important poets, in brilliant translations by Hoyt Rogers. The poems are dramatic and startling, apparently simple as falling snow and actually deep as life and time. Bonnefoy searches for truths beyond language, each truth an adventure in seeing the world anew. His vision is profound and yet bright with promise, for, as he observes, 'Day is breaking, even beyond time.

'"--Grace Schulman.