{"product_id":"the-anchors-long-chain-9781803092935","title":"The Anchor's Long Chain","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn experiment with the sonnet form by one of the foremost French poets of his generation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yves Bonnefoy has wowed the literary world for decades with his diffuse volumes. First published in France in 2008, \u003ci\u003eThe Anchor\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003ci\u003es Long Chain\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable addition to his oeuvre. Enriching Bonnefoy's earlier work, the volume, translated by Beverley Bie Brahic, also innovates, including an unprecedented sequence of nineteen sonnets. These sonnets combine the strictness of the form with the freedom to vary line length and create evocative fragments. Compressed, emotionally powerful, and allusive, the poems are also autobiographical--but only in glimpses. Throughout, Bonnefoy conjures up life's eternal questions with each new poem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Longer, discursive pieces, including the title poem's meditation on a prehistoric stone circle and a legend about a ship, are also part of this volume, as are a number of poetic prose pieces in which Bonnefoy, like several of his great French predecessors, excels. Long-time fans will find much to praise here, while newer readers will quickly find themselves under the spell of Bonnefoy's powerful, discursive poetry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10362384\"\u003eYves Bonnefoy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.87h x 4.96w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803092935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803092939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE017000\"\u003eEuropean | French\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYves Bonnefoy\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, critic, and professor emeritus of comparative poetics at the Collège de France. In addition to poetry and literary criticism, he has published numerous works of art history and translated into French several of Shakespeare's plays. \u003cb\u003eBeverley Bie Brahic \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning poet and translator. A Canadian, she lives in Paris and Stanford, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44708783522029,"sku":"9781803092935","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_edd126b5-bd2e-4172-834c-4bb7055a4e11.jpg?v=1703997621","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-anchors-long-chain-9781803092935","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}