{"product_id":"the-great-enigma-new-collected-poems-paperback","title":"The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTomas Transtromer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn day's first hours consciousness can grasp the world\u003cbr\u003e as the hand grips a sun-warmed stone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Translated into fifty languages, the poetry of Tomas Transtromer has had a profound influence around the world, an influence that has steadily grown and has now attained a prominence comparable to that of Pablo Neruda's during his lifetime. But if Neruda is blazing fire, Transtromer is expanding ice. \u003cem\u003eThe Great Enigma: New Collected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e gathers all the poems Tomas Transtromer has published, from his distinctive first collection in 1954, \u003cem\u003e17 Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, through his epic poem \u003cem\u003eBaltics\u003c\/em\u003e (my most consistent attempt to write music), and \u003cem\u003eThe Sad Gondola\u003c\/em\u003e, published six years after he suffered a debilitating stroke in 1990 (I am carried in my shadow \/ like a violin \/ in its black case.), to his most recent slim book, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Enigma\u003c\/em\u003e, published in Sweden in 2004. Also included is his prose-memoir \u003cem\u003eMemories Look at Me\u003c\/em\u003e, containing keys into his intensely spiritual, metaphysical poetry (like the brief passage of insect collecting on Runmaro Island when he was a teenager). Firmly rooted in the natural world, his work falls between dream and dream; it probes the great unsolved love with the opening up, through subtle modulations, of concrete words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757710704928,"sku":"9780811216722","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/957baa2bdfda28376c0daec5d41196ce.webp?v=1780109757","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-great-enigma-new-collected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}