If there is something to desire
one hundred poems
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Seymour, Steven. - Contributor
Publication
2010 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
26,500 words, Guess
Page Count
106 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveifthereissomethi0000pavl
- ISBN-139780307272256
- ISBN-100307272257
- LibraryThing9234410
- Library of Congress Control Number2009022095
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number387769250
- Open LibraryOL23533979M
Classifications
- DDC891.71/5
- LCCPG3485.A875 I37 2010
- LCCPG3485.A875 I3713 2010
Description
"Such is the elegant simplicity - a whole poem in ten words, vibrating with image and emotion - of the best-selling Russian poet Vera Pavlova. The one hundred poems in this book, her first full-length volume in English, all have the same salty immediacy, as if spoken by a woman who feels that, as the title poem concludes, "If there was nothing to regret, / there was nothing to desire,"" "Pavlova's economy and directness make her delightfully accessible to us in all of the widely ranging topics she covers here: love, both sexual and the love that reaches beyond sex; motherhood; the memolies of childhood that continue to feed us; our lives as passionate souls abroad in the world and the fullness of experience that entails. Expertly translated by her husband, Steven Seymour, Pavlova's poems are highly disciplined miniatures, exhorting us without hesitation: "Enough painldlling, heal. / Enough cajoling, command."" "It is a great pleasure to discover a new Russian poet-one who storms our hearts with pure talent and a seemingly effortless gift for shaping poems." --Book jacket.
Subjects
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Genres
- Translations into English
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