About this title: Christmas poems by the Nobel LaureateTo Him, all things seemed enormous: His mother's breast, the steam out of the ox's nostrils, Caspar, Balthazar, Melchior, the teamof Magi, the presents heaped by the door, ajar.He was but a dot, and a dot was the star.--from "Star of the Nativity"Joseph Brodsky, who jokingly referred to himself as "a Christian by correspondence," endeavored from the time he "first took to writing poems seriously," to write a poem for every Christmas. He said in an interview: "What is remarkable about Christmas? The fact that what we're dealing with here is the calculation ...
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Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date published: 2002-11-13
ISBN-13:9780374528577ISBN:0374528578
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Bilingual edition-Clean, tight copy-Dedication, date and signature on pre-title page, otherwise all pages are unmarked-spine and covers are excellent. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780374528577ISBN:0374528578
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780374528577ISBN:0374528578
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780374528577ISBN:0374528578
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Description: Like New. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Description: New. Christmas poems by the Nobel Laureate To Him, all things seemed enormous: His mother's breast, the steam out of the ox's nostrils, Caspar, Balthazar, Melchior, the team of Magi, the presents heaped by the door, ajar. He was but a dot, and a dot was... read more
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