NEW: If Not, Winter : Fragments of Sappho by Sappho (Paperback)

Description: BRAND NEW: If Not, Winter : Fragments of Sappho by Sappho (Paperback) In this "gorgeous translation" (The New York Times), one of our most fearless and original poets provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia. Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sappho's fragments, in Greek and in English, as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them, inviting a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as electric--or, to use Sappho's words, as "thin fire ... racing under skin." "Carson is in many ways [Sappho's] ideal translator.... Her command of language is hones to a perfect edge and her approach to the text, respectful yet imaginative, results in verse that lets Sappho shine forth." --Los Angeles Times

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Book Title: If Not, Winter : Fragments of Sappho

Book Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.

Item Length: 8 in

Original Language: Greek

Vintage: No

Personalize: No

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 0.9 in

Personalized: No

Features: New

Topic: Women Authors, European / General, Ancient & Classical, lgbt, lgbt / Lesbian

Item Width: 5.2 in

Signed: No

Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults

Inscribed: No

Edition: First Edition

Publication Year: 2003

Type: Novel

Author: Sappho

Genre: Literary Criticism, Poetry

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Item Weight: 10.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 416 Pages