For the Living and the Dead: Poems and a Memoir
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Word Count
20,000 words, Guess
Page Count
80 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL26706877M
- ISBN-139780062189738
- ISBN-100062189735
- OCLC Control Number759000887
Classifications
- LCCPT9876.3.R3 Z465 2011
Description
With this new volume of poetry, Tomas Transtromer once again demonstrates his gift for capturing and grounding the elusive, luminous details of our modern world. As its title suggests, For the Living and the Dead works to bridge the space between those real and unreal elements of life, suggesting that a surprising, redemptive cohesion can exist within a universe of opposing forces. This volume combines Transtromer's recent poetry with a prose memoir of his childhood in Sweden, written in the same careful, unsentimental voice for which he is so beloved. Through this memoir the author reveals himself as a curious, sensitive child, interested in archeology and insects, terrified of school and his authoritarian teachers. Characterized by the insight and integrity we have come to expect from his work, For the Living and the Dead confirms Tomas Transtromer as one of the most significant living poets writing in any language.
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