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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781681372686
- Book Title
- Portraits Without Frames
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Poetry, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Russia & the Former Soviet Union, General, Literary, Russian & Former Soviet Union
- Item Weight
- 10 oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1681372681
ISBN-13
9781681372686
eBay Product ID (ePID)
245095341
Product Key Features
Book Title
Portraits Without Frames
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, General, Literary, Russian & Former Soviet Union
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Poetry, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10 oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-024067
Reviews
"Attention. That word rings over and over through the poem-filled pages. This gentle attention is what makes the collection such a treasure." -- Alisa Goz, Russian Art & Culture "Few traces of youthful sentimentality are evident in Portraits without Frames , Ozerov's last poetic work and first to be made available in English. Originally published posthumously in Russia in 1998, Portraits is an anthology of fifty free verse tableaux based on encounters with Soviet writers, artists, and cultural figures ranging from the world-famous (Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Dmitry Shostakovich) to the lesser-known (Yiddish poets Leyb Kvitko and Dovid Hofshteyn, arrested and shot on Stalin's orders in 1952)....By telling their stories, preserving their portraits, Ozerov has done what is hard: to speak about that which one cannot change. But harder still to change that about which one will not speak." --Alexander McConnell, Cleveland Review of Books "The name Lev Ozerov may strike non-connoisseurs of 20th century Russian literature as an atypical choice on the part of the New York Review of Books Publishing House, which in this same "Classics" collection has published Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, and Mandelstam. It's no wonder: leafing through, we realize at first glance that beyond his own capacity of poet, editor, and translator, this Ozerov is singular in his position of witness...There isn't much to say about the translation beyond that it is excellent. Never does a poem lose its essential spirit. It's difficult enough to co-translate a book, much less group-translate. This requires the sacrifice of complete invisibility--or, better, of transparency. It is notable that it is a very approachable translation, quite neutral and modern." --Andreea Scridon, Asymptote Journa l "Ozerov's poems offer the reader poignant Soviet portraits-in-poetry, illuminated lives of the everyday and the literary Soviet saints. In these translations the finely wrought poems shine with their original wistfulness, love, and dedication: tramps, poets, and friends mingle in short deft snatches of stories." --Sasha Dugdale "In this long and profoundly moving cycle of poems, Ozerov recalls his meetings with the great and notable in Russian arts over the Twentieth Century, and the results are breathtaking....Ozerov certainly mixed with just about all the great and good in Soviet art, and the fifty accounts of his meetings with them reminded me just how many incredible artists the country and the era produced - even if they had to write for the drawer a lot of the time. Each poem is preceded by an introduction outlining the life and work of the subject; each translation is individually credited; notes are provided when necessary to illuminate the poems; so this really is an exemplary volume and a flawless reading experience." -- Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings, "Few traces of youthful sentimentality are evident in Portraits without Frames , Ozerov's last poetic work and first to be made available in English. Originally published posthumously in Russia in 1998, Portraits is an anthology of fifty free verse tableaux based on encounters with Soviet writers, artists, and cultural figures ranging from the world-famous (Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Dmitry Shostakovich) to the lesser-known (Yiddish poets Leyb Kvitko and Dovid Hofshteyn, arrested and shot on Stalin's orders in 1952)....By telling their stories, preserving their portraits, Ozerov has done what is hard: to speak about that which one cannot change. But harder still to change that about which one will not speak." --Alexander McConnell, Cleveland Review of Books "The name Lev Ozerov may strike non-connoisseurs of 20th century Russian literature as an atypical choice on the part of the New York Review of Books Publishing House, which in this same "Classics" collection has published Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, and Mandelstam. It's no wonder: leafing through, we realize at first glance that beyond his own capacity of poet, editor, and translator, this Ozerov is singular in his position of witness...There isn't much to say about the translation beyond that it is excellent. Never does a poem lose its essential spirit. It's difficult enough to co-translate a book, much less group-translate. This requires the sacrifice of complete invisibility--or, better, of transparency. It is notable that it is a very approachable translation, quite neutral and modern." --Andreea Scridon, Asymptote Journa l "Ozerov's poems offer the reader poignant Soviet portraits-in-poetry, illuminated lives of the everyday and the literary Soviet saints. In these translations the finely wrought poems shine with their original wistfulness, love, and dedication: tramps, poets, and friends mingle in short deft snatches of stories." --Sasha Dugdale "In this long and profoundly moving cycle of poems, Ozerov recalls his meetings with the great and notable in Russian arts over the Twentieth Century, and the results are breathtaking....Ozerov certainly mixed with just about all the great and good in Soviet art, and the fifty accounts of his meetings with them reminded me just how many incredible artists the country and the era produced - even if they had to write for the drawer a lot of the time. Each poem is preceded by an introduction outlining the life and work of the subject; each translation is individually credited; notes are provided when necessary to illuminate the poems; so this really is an exemplary volume and a flawless reading experience." -- Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
891.71/42
Synopsis
Isaac Babel, Dmitry Shostakovich, and Anna Akhmatova star in this series of portraits of some of the greatest writers, artists, and composers of the twentieth century. "We stopped and Shklovsky told me / quietly, but clearly, / 'Remember, we are on our way out. / On our way out.' And I recalled / ... the wall of books, / all written by a man / who lived / in times that were hard to bear." Lev Ozerov's Portraits Without Frames offers fifty shrewd and moving glimpses into the lives of Soviet writers, composers, and artists caught between the demands of art and politics. Some of the subjects--like Anna Akhmatova, Isaac Babel, Andrey Platonov, and Dmitry Shostakovich--are well-known, others less so. All are evoked with great subtlety and vividness, as is the fraught and dangerous time in which they lived. Composed in free verse of deceptively artless simplicity, Ozerov's portraits are like nothing else in Russian poetry.
LC Classification Number
PG3476.O95P6713 2018
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- o***5 (33)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe book was in the condition as described, so I wasn't expecting much. But actually it was in pretty good shape for my standards, I was surprised. Furthermore the book was sent in a cardboard box to protect it from damage during shipment. This box was evidence of the seller's intent to deliver a good product and I will definitely be going to this seller before other in the future.
- u***a (60)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe item was as described, shipped on time, and packed well. The seller even quickly responded to an address change I had to do! I have no complaints here :) Would buy again!!The Complete Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios and Cadences: Includes All the (#146568594722)
- h***3 (533)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseHit & miss shipping. Quick customer service response. Requested cardboard mailer for softcover book when buying, was to be a gift. Their shipping is the same if it is a cardboard mailer or a bubble mailer, $3.99. The book arrived damaged, bubble mailer torn. They offered a discount for damaged book & missing shipping request. I accepted but still disappointed, as I will have to buy it again. Last week different order was shipped in cardboard mailer item, arrived perfect no damage as described.