About this title: This collection of essays thrusts Brodsky--heretofore known more for his poetry and translations--into the forefront of the "Third Wave" of Russian emigre writers. His insights into the works of Dostoyevsky, Mandelstam, Platonov, as well as non-Russian poets Auden, Cavafy and Montale are brilliant. While the Western popularity of many other Third Wavers has been stunted by their inability to write in English, Brodsky consumed the language to attain a "closer proximity" to poets such as Auden. The book, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, opens and closes with revealing ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1986
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1987-05-01
ISBN-13:9780374520557ISBN:0374520550
Description: Like New. Like New. Book is in excellent condition, had only one previous owner. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1987-05-01
ISBN-13:9780374520557ISBN:0374520550
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1986
Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. SOFT COVER, VG+/VG+, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986, 20.2 oz. This copy has very minimal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Description: NEW/Trade pb. Collection of his best essays by the Nobel and Pulitizer winner. Most are are about poets, poetry, and specific poems. New, unmarked condition, no creases or curls, clean, bright. FSG trade pb, 501 pp. read more
Edition: Text is Free of Markings
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, NY
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780374520557ISBN:0374520550
Description: Very Good to Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 500 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. read more
Description: Farrar Straus Giroux, c1986, 1st edition, ; Hardcover, 501 pages, pages bright, a tight solid copy, VERY GOOD. In a colorful VERY GOOD dustjacket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover. A nice copy you will be happy to own. read more
Description: Good. First Edition. -First Edition--501 pages. Interior is clean and tight. Nice overall condition. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Wrappers (soft-cover)
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1986
Description: Good+ 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A little edge and corner wear, and slight creasing on spine. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. 501 pp. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780670814053ISBN:0670814059
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. FINE/NR FINE 1ST IMPRESSION 1ST ED 1986 VIKING HARDBACK WITH COVER SHOWN, UNCLIPPED DJ. LOVELY FIRST EDITION OF THESE HIGHLY ABSORBING ORIGINAL ESSAYS ON SUBJECTS AS DIVERSE AS LENINGRAD, MANDELSTAM, AUDEN ET AL. LIGHT NATURAL AGING, MINOR SHELF-RUBBING TO DJ ONLY, LOVELY COPY. IMMEDIATE 1ST CLASS/AIRMAIL DISPATCH WORLDWIDE. read more
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