If Not, Winter The Beauty of the Husband known as “yellow rain

known as “yellow rain

Haunted by Proust

behandelt de grootste thema’s die het menselijke bestaan kenmerken: de waarde van het leven en de plek van de dood in een mensenleven

Zijn verlangens en inzichten

With both the general reader and the student in mind

If Not, Winter The Beauty of the Husband known as “yellow rainAnne Carson 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 Sapphos 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 electricor, to use Sapphos