Less Than One

Selected Essays

Joseph Brodsky

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Penguin
07 November 2011

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

An affecting book of essays from this Nobel Prize-winning author

Essayist and poet Joseph Brodsky was one of the most penetrating voices of the twentieth century. This prize-winning collection of his diverse essays includes uniquely powerful appreciations of great writers- on Dostoevsky and the development of Russian prose, on Auden and Akhmatova, Cavafy, Montale and Mandelstam. These are contrasted with his reflections on larger themes of tyranny and evil, and subtle evocations of his childhood in Leningrad. Brodsky's insightful appreciation of the intricacies of language, culture and identity connect these works, revealing his remarkable gifts as a prose writer.

By: Joseph Brodsky
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN: 9780141196510
ISBN 10: 0141196513
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 07 November 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joseph Brodsky died in January 1996. His last post was Five Colleges Professor of Literature at Mount Holyoke College. In 1987 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Brodsky's other collection of essays On Grief and Reason is being reissued alongside Less than One in Penguin Modern Classics.

Reviews for Less Than One: Selected Essays

'Sparkles with intellect, and combines the precision of scholarship with the passion of the poet' * The Times * 'Genius ... bringing ardent intelligence to bear upon poetry, politics and autobiography' * Seamus Heaney *