{"product_id":"pavlova-vera-if-there-ipb","title":"Pavlova, Vera: If There Is Something to Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnopf, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by: Steven Seymour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: January 10, 2012\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow in paperback, the widely acclaimed collection of one hundred poems of extraordinarily elegant simplicity by one of the best-selling poets in Russia, whose presence on the American poetry scene is increasingly strong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePavlova writes about love (both sexual love and the love that reaches beyond sex); about motherhood; about the memories of childhood that continue to feed us; about our lives as passionate souls abroad in the world. Sensitively translated by her husband, Steven Seymour, Pavlova's poems are highly disciplined miniatures (\"I broke your heart. \/ Now barefoot I tread \/ on shards\"--a whole poem in ten words). Pavlova is a poet who storms our hearts with pure talent and a seemingly effortless gift for shaping poems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817141022743,"sku":"9780375711893","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_dfc4dd67-9d54-43fe-bf90-5b896911218e.jpg?v=1703281176","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/pavlova-vera-if-there-ipb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}