This wordless story explores the senselessness of violence and war. A frog is happily smelling a flower when a mouse comes by and takes the flower from him. The frog, with two friends in tow, then steals the mouse's umbrella. As things escalate, more and more mice and frogs get involved--with disastrous results.
Paul Celan is widely recognized as the greatest and most studied post-war European poet. At once demanding and highly rewarding, his poetry dominates the field in the aftermath of the Holocaust. This selection of poems, now available in paper, is comprised of previously untranslated work, opening facets of Celan's oeuvre never before available to ...
This text examines Russian public opinion by showing the cultural values held by the Russian people amid the constant and volatile reforms. It shows how the public mind is attempting to reconcile a traditional Soviet attitude about strong egalitarian government and the demand for a free market.
A study of the legacy of nuclear contamination in the Soviet Union. It gives the location and characteristics of the accumulated radioactive material and wastes by each sector, from ore and mining to use and disposal. It describes types of storage, capacity and utilization, age and location. It gives information on the territories and locations ...
Heather McHugh, a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, brings her sensibility to these unique translations of the major 20th-century poet Paul Celan. As the work is presented here without the original German, this volume emphasizes the new translations as fresh renderings of the poetry.
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