The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova |
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Author:
| Akhmatova, Anna Andreevena |
Translator:
| Hemschemeyer, Judith |
Editor:
| Reeder, Roberta |
Introduction by:
| Reeder, Roberta |
ISBN: | 978-0-86241-716-1 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1999 |
Publisher: | Canongate Books
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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From the artistic passion of the St Petersburg poets and bohemians, to the collective suffering of a nation, Anna Akhmatova spoke to, and for, the soul of her people. This magnificent edition includes: more than 800 poems, half of them available in no other translated edition: translator's preface: biographical introduction by Roberta Reeder: more than 125 photographs, including a 65 page photo biography, and 'The Artist's Muse' images of Akhmatova in art: memoir by Isaiah Berlin:...
More DescriptionFrom the artistic passion of the St Petersburg poets and bohemians, to the collective suffering of a nation, Anna Akhmatova spoke to, and for, the soul of her people. This magnificent edition includes: more than 800 poems, half of them available in no other translated edition: translator's preface: biographical introduction by Roberta Reeder: more than 125 photographs, including a 65 page photo biography, and 'The Artist's Muse' images of Akhmatova in art: memoir by Isaiah Berlin: comprehensive notes to the poems: index of first lines: bibliography.