it Spierliederen in de hoop dat ze

in de hoop dat ze hardop voorgelezen worden aan de keukentafel of op de bank

and freedom

Na een korte strijd valt de stad in handen van de Duitsers

evenzovele vensters op een veranderend

Raymond Roussel (trans

it Spierliederen in de hoop dat zeInger Christensen Inger Christensen's it is a masterpiece of twentieth century Scandinavian literature; a rare book that on its publication in Denmark in 1969 was both critically acclaimed and instantly popular: some of its lines entered the language, as graffiti and idiom. Translated into many languages, it went on to establish Christensen's international reputation. A collection of poems and an epic, it is a philosophical and political exploration