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Listen! Early Poems

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Availability:In StockContributor:Vladimir Mayakovsky, Maria Enzensberger (Translator)Series:City Lights Pocket PoetsPublish date:1997-01-01Pages:64
Language:EnglishPublisher:City Lights BooksISBN-13:9780872862555ISBN-10:872862550UPC:9780872862555Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:European, Russian & Soviet, Subjects & ThemesSize:6.24 x 4.88 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.1499Product ID:SCE1D7V9WQ

"what a poet

and the clear water is thick

with bloody blows on its head.

I embraced a cloud

But when I soared

it rained."

--Frank O'Hara, "Mayakovsky" (1954)

Mayakovsky's is one of the most compelling voices in twentieth-century Russian poetry. Born in 1893, he joined the Futurist movement in 1912 and soon established himself as one of Russia's major poets. In 1917, he rallied to the Russian Revolution and remained the indisputable leader of its artistic avant-garde until his suicide in 1930.

Many of the poems in this book are translated for the first time into English. Accompanying the poems are rare drawings and lithographs by Mayakovsky and his circle, found in private collections of futurist books.


Language:EnglishPublisher:City Lights BooksISBN-13:9780872862555ISBN-10:872862550UPC:9780872862555Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:European, Russian & Soviet, Subjects & ThemesSize:6.24 x 4.88 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.1499Product ID:SCE1D7V9WQ
Publisher: City Lights Books

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