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If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
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If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

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In this gorgeous translation (The New York Times), one of our most fearless and original poets provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia.

Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed,
only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new
translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sappho’s fragments,
in Greek and in English, as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them,
inviting a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as electric-or,
to use Sappho’s words, as thin fire … racing under skin.

Carson is in many ways [Sappho’s] ideal translator…. Her command of language is hones to a perfect edge and her approach to the text, respectful yet imaginative, results in verse that lets Sappho shine forth. -Los Angeles Times

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Country
United States
Date
12 August 2003
Pages
416
ISBN
9780375724510

In this gorgeous translation (The New York Times), one of our most fearless and original poets provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia.

Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed,
only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new
translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sappho’s fragments,
in Greek and in English, as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them,
inviting a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as electric-or,
to use Sappho’s words, as thin fire … racing under skin.

Carson is in many ways [Sappho’s] ideal translator…. Her command of language is hones to a perfect edge and her approach to the text, respectful yet imaginative, results in verse that lets Sappho shine forth. -Los Angeles Times

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Country
United States
Date
12 August 2003
Pages
416
ISBN
9780375724510