Shadow Lands: Selected Poems (A New Directions Paperbook NDP #788)

Bobrowski, Johannes; Mead, Matthew (Tr.); Mead, Ruth (Tr.)

ISBN 10: 0811212769 / ISBN 13: 9780811212762

Edité par New Directions Books, U.S.A., 1994

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VG+. Not specifically indicated, but this is the 1s Printing of the 1994 New Directions 1st soft cover edition reprinting of the 1984 Anvil Press UK hard cover original, translated by Ruth Mead and Matthew Mead, poem written in memoriam to Poet by Matthew Mead, and introduction by Michael Hamburger. Book is straight square, tightly and evenly bound (appearing never read), faintly and uniformly age toned and free of markings and blemishes. Cover is clean, bright and faintly age toned, with sharp, gently rubbed corners and tail, sharp joints, straight head, spine, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and artwork. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0811212769. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Shadow Lands: Selected Poems (A New Directions Paperbook NDP #788)
• Éditeur: New Directions Books, U.S.A.
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0811212769
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780811212762
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good Plus
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Poids: 1 livre

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Synopsis

Johannes Bobrowski is widely regarded as the most important German poet of this century. He began to write poetry on the Eastern Front in 1941 where, as a 24-year-old German soldier in Kaunas, he saw the "slavering wolves" of the SS drive the "grey processions" over a hill to death. A prisoner-of-war in Russia until 1949, he returned to Berlin to write with a purpose: to inform his countrymen of the history and myths of Eastern Europe and to preserve the memory of his childhood home. The poems in Shadow Lands reflect Bobrowski's hope, in the words of Michael Hamburger, "that he might succeed poetically in bearing witness to that vanished world," that is, the world of Eastern Germany before the war. With an almost real lyrical beauty, he evokes the pre-Christian era of the gods and heroes of the ancient Prussians. The poems also resonate with the most eloquent and picturesque descriptions of Bobrowski's homeland--its rivers, its forests and quiet villages--ultimately leaving us with a sense of "the hiddenness of all perfect things."