Selected Poems

This volume contains a selection of early works by Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko who blazed a trail for a generation of Soviet poets with a confident poetic voice that moves effortlessly between social and personal themes. 'Zima Junction' vividly describes his idyllic childhood in Siberia and his impressions of home after a long absence in Moscow. Private moments are captured in 'Waking', on the joys of discovering the unexpected in a lover, and 'Birthday', on a mother's concern for her son, while 'Encounter' depicts an unexpected meeting with Hemingway in Copenhagen. 'The Companion' and 'Party Card' show war from a child's eye, whether playing while oblivious to German bombs falling nearby or discovering a fatally wounded soldier in the forest, while Yevtushenko's famous poem, 'Babiy Yar', is an angry expos of the Nazi massacre of the Jews of Kiev.

Author: Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.14w x 0.25d
ISBN13: 9780140424775
ISBN10: 0140424776
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | General
- Poetry | Russian & Former Soviet Union

About the Author
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-) is a Russian poet, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter and actor. Translated with an introduction by Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi, S.J.