| Selected Poems Contributor(s): Yevtushenko, Yevgeny (Author), Milner-Gulland, Robin (Introduction by), Milner-Gulland, Robin (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140424776 ISBN-13: 9780140424775 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2008 Annotation: A bracing new translation of the work of Russiaas best-known post-Stalin poet YevgenY Yevtushenko blazed a trail for a generation of Soviet poets, leading Russia to new heights of artistic achievement in the twentieth century with a confident poetic voice that moves effortlessly between social and personal themes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General - Poetry | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 891.714 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.14" W x 7.74" (0.18 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume contains a selection of early works by Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko who blazed a trail for a generation of Soviet poets with a confident poetic voice that moves effortlessly between social and personal themes. 'Zima Junction' vividly describes his idyllic childhood in Siberia and his impressions of home after a long absence in Moscow. Private moments are captured in 'Waking', on the joys of discovering the unexpected in a lover, and 'Birthday', on a mother's concern for her son, while 'Encounter' depicts an unexpected meeting with Hemingway in Copenhagen. 'The Companion' and 'Party Card' show war from a child's eye, whether playing while oblivious to German bombs falling nearby or discovering a fatally wounded soldier in the forest, while Yevtushenko's famous poem, 'Babiy Yar', is an angry expos of the Nazi massacre of the Jews of Kiev. |