Vilnius: A Personal History - Softcover

Milosz, Czeslaw; Venclova, Tomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931357404 ISBN 13: 9781931357401

Publisher: Sheep Meadow Pr, 2009

Synopsis

This is a book about the marvelous city of Vilnius in the eyes of the great poet Tomas Venclova, a Nobel Prize runner-up, about whom Harold Bloom has said, "One believes Mandelstam and Babel might have rejoiced" in his writing. As an essayist, Venclova writes that he has been occupied by Vilnius, his native city, "through whose example one could easily trace all of the complexity and tragedy of ethnic and national relations in Eastern Europe." He has, for a quarter of a century, been one of the lonely representatives of the conscience of Lithuania.

About this title

About the Author

TOMAS VENCLOVA was born in Vilnius in 1937. He is professor of Slavic languages and literatures and Yale, and has been visiting professor at Harvard, Columbia, and Berkeley. His books include Forms of Hope.

Review

“Poignant and eloquent work, merging literary criticism and moral insight. One believes that Mandelstam and Babel might have rejoiced in it.” (Harold Bloom)

“Tomas Venclova belongs to a distinguished line of late-20th-century poets, one which includes Czeslaw Milosz, Joseph Brodsky, and Adam Zagajewski.” (Sven Birkerts, Harvard Review)

Edition details

• Publisher: Sheep Meadow Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1931357404
• ISBN 13: 9781931357401
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276