{"title":"Osip Mandelstam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOsip Mandelstam\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a profound journey into the realm of poetry and thought, blending vivid imagery with subtle reflections on history and culture. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eBlack Earth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStone\u003c\/em\u003e, reveal a unique voice that navigates the complexities of human experience with lyrical intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will find Mandelstam’s writing richly textured, inviting contemplation of both personal and collective memory. His poetry stands as a testament to the enduring power of language and the resilience of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"black-earth-by-osip-mandelstam-9780811230971","title":"Black Earth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOsip Mandelstam has become an almost mythical figure of modern Russian poetry, his work treasured all over the world for its lyrical beauty and innovative, revolutionary engagement with the dark times of the Stalinist era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile he was exiled in the city of Voronezh, the black earth region of Russia, his work, as Joseph Brodsky wrote, developed into \"a poetry of high velocity and exposed nerves, becoming more a song than ever before, not a bardlike but a birdlike song—something like a goldfinch tremolo.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeter France—who has been brilliantly translating Mandelstam's work for decades—draws heavily from Mandelstam's later poetry written in Voronezh, while also including poems across the whole arc of the poet's tragically short life, from his early, symbolist work to the haunting elegies of old Petersburg to his defiant \"Stalin poem.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA selection of Mandelstam's prose irradiates the poetry with warmth and insight as he thinks back on his Petersburg childhood and contemplates his Jewish heritage, the sunlit qualities of Hellenism, Dante's Tuscany, and the centrality of poetry in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Earth\u003c\/em\u003e by Osip Mandelstam is a collection that encapsulates the essence of his powerful voice and enduring legacy in poetic tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462644908268,"sku":"9780811230971","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780811230971-black-earth.jpg?v=1775019739"},{"product_id":"stone-by-osip-mandelstam-9780691284569","title":"Stone","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvaluable... [What] comes across in these translations is the verve and immediacy of the poems' occasions.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA groundbreaking translation of the brilliant first book by one of the twentieth century's most important poets.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStone\u003c\/em\u003e, Osip Mandelstam's 1913 debut, marked the arrival of perhaps the greatest Russian poet of the twentieth century, one whose refusal to bow to Soviet political and artistic dictates led to his persecution and eventual death in one of Stalin's prison camps. Mandelstam spent his early years in St. Petersburg, and many of the poems in \u003cem\u003eStone\u003c\/em\u003e depict the city's vast squares, classical buildings, and Dutch canals. Other poems reflect his hunger for Western European culture, his commitment to humanistic values, and his ambition to become a master of the Russian language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis bilingual edition is based on the final version of \u003cem\u003eStone\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1928, and features a biographical and critical introduction and detailed annotations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932463120620,"sku":"9780691284569","price":52.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691284569-stone.jpg?v=1783863626"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/osip-mandelstam.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}