| A Voice: Selected Poems Contributor(s): Polonskaya, Anzhelina (Author), Wachtel, Andrew (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810120895 ISBN-13: 9780810120891 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $14.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: Anzhelina Polonskaya is considered one of the freshest voices among young Russian poets. Unlike most of her contemporaries, she was not educated in the classic literary tradition, nor nurtured by the well-known Moscow and Petersburg journals. This has freed her from self-consciously struggling under the weight of her country's literary tradition, and her independent, even idiosyncratic, voice informs poems filled with sharp images, acute observations, and both the pains and joys of personal experience. Drawn from her most recent Russian collections, "A Voice: Selected Poems "explores the poet's ongoing fascinations--desolate places, long journeys, a synesthesia of sensory stimulation, and the presence of death. Also on display is her Chekhovian gift for unexpected closure. This is a promising English-language debut from a poet already gaining international attention. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 891.715 |
| LCCN: 2004052055 |
| Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.46" W x 8.5" (0.28 lbs) 67 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anzhelina Polonskaya is considered one of the freshest voices among young Russian poets. Unlike most of her contemporaries, she was not educated in the classic literary tradition, nor nurtured by the well-known Moscow and Petersburg journals. This has freed her from self-consciously struggling under the weight of her country's literary tradition, and her independent, even idiosyncratic, voice informs poems filled with sharp images, acute observations, and both the pains and joys of personal experience. Drawn from her most recent Russian collections, A Voice: Selected Poems explores the poet's ongoing fascinations--desolate places, long journeys, a synesthesia of sensory stimulation, and the presence of death. Also on display is her Chekhovian gift for unexpected closure. This is a promising English-language debut from a poet already gaining international attention. |