In these poems, Nobel nominee Kaplinski reflects on the role of the individual in the world, a question explored through intimate domestic scenes. The book's centerpiece is an autobiographical prose-poem, an extended exploration of identity and the idea of 'home.'""--Translation Review.
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jaan kaplinski was born in 1941 in the old university town of Tartu (Dorpat) in Estonia where he grew up and later studied linguistics. His ancestors include Estonians, Poles, Tartars, Jews and Greeks. Three translations of his earlier poetry books were published in Britain by Harvill. He has written around 800 poems as well as short stories and many essays and articles. He has a large family and lives in an old farmhouse near Tartu.
"He is re-thinking Europe, revisioning history, in these poems of our times. Elegant, musing, relentless, inward, fresh."
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First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 95 p. ; 22 cm. Notes: Translated from the Estonian.Translations of poems from three books originally published in Estonian: Õhtu toob tagasi kõik (1984), Jää ja kanarbik (1989), and Mitu suve ja kevadet (1995). Subjects: Kaplinski, Jaan. Estonian poetry ; Translations into English. Poets, Russian 20th century. EPIC. Estonia. Creative ability. Translations. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 379536
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