{"product_id":"brodsky-to-urania","title":"Brodsky, Joseph: To Urania","description":"\u003cp\u003eFSG, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: April 01, 1992\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining two books of verse that were first published in his native Russian,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Urania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas Brodsky's third volume to appear in English. Published in 1988, the year after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, this collection features pieces translated by the poet himself and others, as well as poems written originally in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAuden once characterized Brodsky as a traditionalist . . . interested in what lyric poets of all ages have been interested in . . . encounters with nature . . . reflections upon the human condition, death, and the meaning of existence. Reading the poems in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTo Urania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e--by turns cerebral, caustic, comic, and celebratory--we appreciate firsthand a great lyric poet's variety and achievement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817130340375,"sku":"9780374523336","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/view_archive_0f8db074-fc70-431b-8d23-63ad43e6a516.jpg?v=1711141851","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/brodsky-to-urania","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}