Reading Recluse<p>📙 "De volgende scan duurt vijf minuten" by Lieke Marsman</p><p>A Dutch poetry collection that, to my great surprise, is also available in English as 'The Following Scan Will Last Five Minutes'. </p><p>It's very, very short, but the poems are great. They touch on cancer treatment, left-wing politics and some typical Dutch experiences. The book concludes with an essay, which was okay. Not bad at all, but a little bit out of place for me, because I was yearning for more poetry.</p><p>I was able to read a few translated poems through samples and previews and... I don't know. I don't think anyone could have translated them better, they're done well. But because I can read the Dutch ones, maybe I get too stuck on the few things that got lost in translation. I still don't know how we could ever translate "lotgenoten", but "sufferers" really isn't it to me.</p><p>Still, I'll be saving and rereading the poems.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/DisabilityLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityLit</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a></p>