| Elegies: And Other Poems Contributor(s): Gustafsson, Lars (Author), Middleton, Christopher (Translator), Brookshire, Bill (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811214419 ISBN-13: 9780811214414 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 839.717 |
| LCCN: 99053229 |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 5.21" W x 7.93" (0.10 lbs) 80 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lars Gustafsson is one of Sweden's leading and most prolific men of letters; a poet, philosopher, and fiction writer with dozens of books to his credit since his literary debut, at the age of twenty, in 1956. Although known in the English-speaking world primarily for his novels, Gustafsson is nevertheless one of the most frequently translated of contemporary Swedish poets. Elegies and Other Poems is a companion volume to The Stillness of the World before Bach (New Directions, 1988). As in that earlier volume, editor Christopher Middleton has made his selection from several of the poet's books and included his own translations as well as those of others, Yvonne Sandstroem, Bill Brookshire, and Philip Martin. Readers of Gustafsson's fiction will recognize in his verse the elegant mix of intellect and sheer play, the ruminations of a mind that apprehends humanity in the riddles of the universe. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gustafsson, Lars: - Lars Gustafsson is one of Sweden's leading and most prolific poets.Middleton, Christopher: - Distinguished poet and translator Christopher Middleton lives in Austin, Texas. His awards include the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Schegel-Tieck Translation Prize. |