O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli

Nelly Sachs

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1967

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O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli by Nelly Sachs; stated 1st edition. hardcover in dustjacket. Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, 1967. Nelly Sachs's career as a poet of note started only after her emigration to Sweden. Her poetry creates a cosmic frame for the suffering of her time, particularly that of the Jews. Her poems are written in a keenly modern style, with an abundance of lucid metaphors, they also intone the prophetic language of the Old Testament. O the Chimneys, English translations of some of her poetry and of her play Eli, appeared in 1967. Nelly Sachs was the co-winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature. This book, containing nearly half of her verse, is her first to be published in the English language. The book includes in its entirety one of her most important poem sequences, 'Glowing Enigmas, I, II, and III,' written in the 1960's; poems from six other collections: 'In the Habitations of Death,' 'Eclipse of the Stars,' 'And No One Knows How to Go On,' 'Flight and Metamorphosis, Journey into a Dustless Realm,' and 'Death Still Celebrates Life'; & the complete text of 'Eli,' a mystery play of the sufferings of Israel. "a little jacket wear, gift inscription inside,clean and tight, very good".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry