Joseph Brodsky: A Literary Life
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (700 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300181604 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Terrific Life of a Poet takes Brodsky from Outcast to Nobel Laureate David Crumm How did a boy from war-torn Leningrad, who later found himself locked in a filthy Soviet-era prison train, wind up as both a Nobel laureate and America's Poet Laureate, as well, before finally ending life in the cemetery of the centuries-old St. Michael's in Venice. That life spanned only 55 years and yet Joseph Brodsky accomplished so much in his tumultuous half century on . "Five Stars" according to Ben Cunningham. Excellent
The work of Joseph Brodsky, one of Russia's great modern poets, has been the subject of much study and debate. Drawing on a wide range of source materials, this title reconstructs Brodsky's personal history while offering commentary on the philosophical, religious, and mythological sources that influenced the poet's work.
Rejected from submarine training, he held many jobs, including machinist, morgue assistant, and bath house stoker, which attracted the attention of the KGB. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. He would soon be found guilty of "parisitism" and face exile, first to rural Norenskaya, where he read, wrote, and worked the land, and then to Vienna, where he flourished as a poet, essayist, and intellectual. Loseff counts himself a longtime friend of his subject's and this account brims with respect and enthusiasm: "I cannot comme