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Sensitive new translations of Akhmatova’s great long poems that document both intense personal suffering and cataclysmic national tragedy



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“The importance of Akhmatova’s works in the Russian poetic tradition can scarcely be exaggerated. These works also hold a place of honor in the history of artistic engagement of moral responsibility.”—Olga P. Hasty, Princeton University



“Akhmatova is fortunate indeed to have won the attention of such a gifted translator and scholar. Anderson has succeeded in producing quite literally the best English-language translations of Akhmatova’s long poems.”—Susan Amert, University of Delaware



The Word That Causes Deaths Defeat

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    A Paperback by Anna Akhmatova, Nancy K. Anderson

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: 9/27/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780300191370, 978-0300191370
      ISBN10: 0300191375

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Sensitive new translations of Akhmatova’s great long poems that document both intense personal suffering and cataclysmic national tragedy



      Trade Review

      “The importance of Akhmatova’s works in the Russian poetic tradition can scarcely be exaggerated. These works also hold a place of honor in the history of artistic engagement of moral responsibility.”—Olga P. Hasty, Princeton University



      “Akhmatova is fortunate indeed to have won the attention of such a gifted translator and scholar. Anderson has succeeded in producing quite literally the best English-language translations of Akhmatova’s long poems.”—Susan Amert, University of Delaware



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