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On Grief And Reason

Essays

Joseph Brodsky

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English
Penguin
11 November 2011
The second volume of essays from this Nobel Prize-winning author

In this richly diverse collection of essays, Joseph Brodsky casts a reflective eye on his experiences of early life in Russia and exile in America. With dazzling erudition, he explores subjects as varied as the dynamic of poetry, the nature of history and the plight of the emigre writer. There is also the humorous tale of a disastrous trip to Brazil, advice to students, a homage to Marcus Aurelius and studies of Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, Horace and others. The second volume of essays following Less Than One, this collection includes Brodsky's 1987 Nobel Lecture, 'Uncommon Visage'.
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   313g
ISBN:   9780241952719
ISBN 10:   0241952719
Series:   Penguin Modern Classics
Pages:   432
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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 Less Than One is being reissued alongside On Grief and Reason in Penguin Modern Classics.

Reviews for On Grief And Reason: Essays

'His prose has the energy and precision of a master, and, at times, the moral authority of a prophet' Washington Post 'One of the English language's great essayists ... a book to be thankful for' The Times


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