Poems of Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova, Joesph Brodsky (Illustrator), Lyn Coffin (Translator),Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Anna Akhmatova, Joesph Brodsky (Illustrator), Lyn Coffin (Translator),Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393300147 (0393300145)
Publish date: April 1st 1983
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 136
Edition language: English
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....
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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