Transtromer moves you into his realm with his realistic and beautiful poetry. Everyone should read at least one of his poems during their life.
***DO NOT REBLOG*** bookshelves: autobiography-memoir, nobel-laureate, spring-2015, handbag-read, paper-read, sweden, translation Read from March 27 to April 08, 2015 RIPDescription: Written a few years after Transtromer suffered a stroke that left him unable to speak, Memories Look at Me is...
A gorgeous book. I'd love a different translation, though - a few lines words here and there seemed clunky, or just slightly off. Really lovely, quiet imagery
My review is of this selection, really, not of the poems as individual poems. I thought some of the poems were quite good, but there were so many of them by so many translators from so many periods, that I couldn't really decide if I liked the poet's work or the translator's work. I'll probably try ...
I picked this up mostly because it was convenient (my local public library had it) and because it is the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. So, given I had not really heard of this author before, I was curious. I gave it a low rating because, for me, the book was just ok. I think other people may have ...
This overview of Tranströmer's oeuvre really impressed me once I got into it, which took a while because my Swedish is still a bit too rusty. I probably would appreciate the fine points of these poems even more if I had more training in the language, but as it is, I already found it a satisfying exp...
I haven't actually "read" the whole book, but finished most of it and found it rather slow going. Although I appreciate Tranströmer, I find it often hard to connect. I'm sure the failure is all mine...
Windows and Stones: Selected Poems by Tomas Tranströmer is a collection of his poetry from different eras. Reading the translator's preface, I realized how sad I was about not being able to read them in the original Swedish, as the words seem so lyrical. I hate that I am not getting the auditory fe...
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