{"product_id":"revelation-freshly-erupting-collected-poetry","title":"Revelation Freshly Erupting","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\n Jewish poet Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) writes in direct response to the \nHolocaust. She is uniquely a 'prophetic' poet, one of the greatest of \nthat species in the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer first book appeared in\n the immediate wake of the Second World War, in 1946. Since that time, \nHans Magnus Enzensberger declared, 'she has been writing fundamentally a\n single book'. That book is represented in this volume which reveals her\n whole progression rendered into English. Unlike earlier translators, \nAndrew Shanks calls his versions 'translations\/imitations', moving away \nfrom the doggedly literal to render more faithfully the sense and \nintention of the originals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSachs escaped Berlin in May 1940. She\n found refuge in Sweden. Her major work is an evolving response to the \ntrauma of the Holocaust. In 1966 she received the Nobel Prize for \nLiterature. This book includes all the lyric poetry Sachs published in \nher lifetime and adds the posthumous collection \u003ci\u003eTeile dich Nacht\u003c\/i\u003e, an introductory essay, and notes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer\n poetry begins as a monumental lament for the victims of the Holocaust. \nOther themes develop: biblical, Kabbalist and religious allusions, \npersonal bereavement, mental breakdown. And there are reflections on \npoetic vocation in the darkness of recent history.","brand":"Carcanet Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139262366040,"sku":"9781784105983","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781784105983_d3117549-db0a-4527-87aa-f57c664669f9.jpg?v=1779165955","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/revelation-freshly-erupting-collected-poetry","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}