Through Naked Branches: Selected Poems of Tarjei Vesaas

by Tarjei Vesaas

Book Overview

Tarjei Vesaas's fame as one of Norway's and Scandinavia's greatest fiction writers of the 20th century has often overshadowed his achievement as a poet. This revised bilingual selection presents, in finely honed translations, forty six poems that reveal the distinctive sensibility and voice of Vesaas the poet. In a groundbreaking introductory essay, Roger Greenwald explores why Vesaas's work has eluded many attempts at critical analysis and how it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0999580345
• ISBN13: 9780999580349
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Black Widow Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"