{"product_id":"the-great-enigma-new-collected-poems-9780811216722","title":"The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems","description":"\u003cem\u003eIn day's first hours consciousness can grasp the world\u003cbr\u003e as the hand grips a sun-warmed stone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Translated into fifty languages, the poetry of Tomas Transtromer has had a profound influence around the world, an influence that has steadily grown and has now attained a prominence comparable to that of Pablo Neruda's during his lifetime. But if Neruda is blazing fire, Transtromer is expanding ice. \u003cem\u003eThe Great Enigma: New Collected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e gathers all the poems Tomas Transtromer has published, from his distinctive first collection in 1954, \u003cem\u003e17 Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, through his epic poem \u003cem\u003eBaltics\u003c\/em\u003e (my most consistent attempt to write music), and \u003cem\u003eThe Sad Gondola\u003c\/em\u003e, published six years after he suffered a debilitating stroke in 1990 (I am carried in my shadow \/ like a violin \/ in its black case.), to his most recent slim book, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Enigma\u003c\/em\u003e, published in Sweden in 2004. Also included is his prose-memoir \u003cem\u003eMemories Look at Me\u003c\/em\u003e, containing keys into his intensely spiritual, metaphysical poetry (like the brief passage of insect collecting on Runmaro Island when he was a teenager). Firmly rooted in the natural world, his work falls between dream and dream; it probes the great unsolved love with the opening up, through subtle modulations, of concrete words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-345214\"\u003eTomas Transtromer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811216722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811216721\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-POE005030\"\u003eEuropean | General\u003c\/a\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-POE023000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693683151085,"sku":"9780811216722","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_04d8edf6-9c85-4b7d-bd1a-dcd4c15fd942.jpg?v=1649861046","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-great-enigma-new-collected-poems-9780811216722","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}