If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Vintage Contemporaries)
See more books by Sappho
Already own this book? You can now sell it through BookLoop, Bookabaloo's used book marketplace for cash or book credit, it's up to you!
Sell my copy
Couldn't load pickup availability
Already own this book? You can now sell it through BookLoop, Bookabaloo's used book marketplace for cash or book credit, it's up to you!
Sell my copyAuthor: Sappho
Title: If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Vintage Contemporaries)
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 416
Release Date: 2003-08-12
Details: In this "gorgeous translation" (The New York Times), one of our most fearless and original poets provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia.
Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sappho's fragments, in Greek and in English, as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them, inviting a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as electric--or, to use Sappho's words, as "thin fire ... racing under skin."
"Carson is in many ways [Sappho's] ideal translator.... Her command of language is hones to a perfect edge and her approach to the text, respectful yet imaginative, results in verse that lets Sappho shine forth." --Los Angeles Times
EAN: 9780375724510
Package Dimensions: Height: 7.96 Inches, Length: 5.16 Inches, Weight: 0.625 Pounds, Width: 0.81 Inches
Languages: en
