Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2008
by Yevtushenko, Yevgeny; Milner-Gulland, Robin [Translator]; Levi, Peter [Translator]; Milner-Gulland, Robin [Introduction];
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The work of Russia's best-known post-Stalin poet
YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO blazed a trail for ageneration of Soviet poets, leading Russia to new heights of artisticachievement in the twentieth century. With a confident poetic voicethat moves effortlessly between social and personal themes, hedescribes his idyllic childhood in Serbia, his impressions of homeafter a long absence in Moscow, his joy upon discovering theunexpected in a lover, his chance meeting with Hemingway inCopenhagen, and his impressions of war, rendered with immediacyand vigor in these pages.
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- Title Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)
- Author Yevtushenko, Yevgeny; Milner-Gulland, Robin [Translator]; Levi, Peter [Translator]; Milner-Gulland, Robin [Introduction];
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Condition New
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, N Y
- Date 2008-08-26
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0140424776_new
- ISBN 9780140424775 / 0140424776
- Weight 0.18 lbs (0.08 kg)
- Dimensions 7.74 x 5.14 x 0.25 in (19.66 x 13.06 x 0.64 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress subjects Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich
- Dewey Decimal Code 891.714
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YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO blazed a trail for a generation of Soviet poets, leading Russia to new heights of artistic achievement in the twentieth century. With a confident poetic voice that moves effortlessly between social and personal themes, he describes his idyllic childhood in Serbia, his impressions of home after a long absence in Moscow, his joy upon discovering the unexpected in a lover, his chance meeting with Hemingway in Copenhagen, and his impressions of war, rendered with immediacy and vigor in these pages.