Poems - Anna Akhmatova, D.M. Thomas • BookLikes (ISBN:1841597708)

Poems

by: D.M. Thomas (author) Anna Akhmatova (author)

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Anna Akhamatova,Paperback,Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets, English-language edition,Pub by Knopf Publishing Group

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Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9781841597706 (1841597708)

Publish date: 2006

Publisher: Random House, Inc.

Pages no: 256

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Literature, Cultural, Russia, Russian Literature, Poetry

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Anna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966) lived through the worst years of the 20th century in one of the worst locations in which to be a poet unwilling to play the role of a trained parrot for the ruthless and murderous apes running the country. Born in Odessa, she grew up in the small town just outside of St....

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I don't get these poems easily--I can't just pick this book up and understand. Still, there are some that strike immediately:"The three things he loved most in lifeWere white peacocks, music at mass,And tattered maps of America.He didn't like kids who cried and heDidn't like raspberry jam with teaO...

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