Album for the Young (and Old)

Name: Album for the Young (and Old)
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ISBN: 9780451494788

Poems

Vera Pavlova, Steven Seymour

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Russian

Alfred A. Knopf
15 April 2017

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

A new collection of the accessible and evocative ""micro-verse"" from one of Russia's most beloved poets.

A new collection of the accessible and evocative ""micro-verse"" from one of Russia's most beloved poets.

Vera Pavlova's If There Is Something to Desire delighted the poetry world a few years ago. Her poems, rarely longer than a few lines, thrill and puzzle us like Zen koans, considering matters philosophical, romantic, sexual, familial, artistic. Album for the Young (and Old), whose title poem takes its name and inspiration from Tchaikovsky's music, carries us through a life in miniatures, drawing from a wide-ranging group of poems translated by the poet's late husband, Steven Seymour. Here Pavlova returns to her childhood to peruse its key ingredients (""a glass jar, a rag, a sponge . . . Mom's listening to the Beatles, / Dad, to Radio Liberty""), confronts adulthood (""And, please, no forbidden fruits!""), balances her loves and losses (""Without you, my unquenchable . . . woes are bearable, / joys are not""). Once again, this poet's piquant short poems sum up worlds and take on heavyweight challenges, yet are light enough to carry with us.

By: Vera Pavlova
Translated by: Steven Seymour
Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780451494788
ISBN 10: 0451494784
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 15 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

VERA PAVLOVA was born in Moscow. She is the author of twenty collections of poetry, the librettos to five operas and four cantatas, and numerous essays on musicology. Her work has been translated into twenty-two languages. She is a best-selling poet in Russia and now makes her home in Toronto. Translated by Steven Seymour