{"title":"Osip Mandelstam","description":"\u003cp\u003eOsip Mandelstam's works invite readers into a profound exploration of language and memory, where poetry becomes a vessel for personal and cultural reflection. His writing, often marked by rich imagery and poignant intensity, offers a window into the complexities of human experience and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin this collection, you will find titles that embody Mandelstam’s unique voice, blending the literary and the philosophical. These books are essential for anyone interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, providing enduring insight into the power of poetic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"black-earth-by-osip-mandelstam-9780811230971","title":"Black Earth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOsip Mandelstam has become an almost mythical figure of modern Russian poetry, his work treasured all over the world for its lyrical beauty and innovative, revolutionary engagement with the dark times of the Stalinist era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile he was exiled in the city of Voronezh, the black earth region of Russia, his work, as Joseph Brodsky wrote, developed into \"a poetry of high velocity and exposed nerves, becoming more a song than ever before, not a bardlike but a birdlike song—something like a goldfinch tremolo.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeter France—who has been brilliantly translating Mandelstam's work for decades—draws heavily from Mandelstam's later poetry written in Voronezh, while also including poems across the whole arc of the poet's tragically short life, from his early, symbolist work to the haunting elegies of old Petersburg to his defiant \"Stalin poem.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA selection of Mandelstam's prose irradiates the poetry with warmth and insight as he thinks back on his Petersburg childhood and contemplates his Jewish heritage, the sunlit qualities of Hellenism, Dante's Tuscany, and the centrality of poetry in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Earth\u003c\/em\u003e by Osip Mandelstam is a collection that encapsulates the essence of his powerful voice and enduring legacy in poetic tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462644908268,"sku":"9780811230971","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780811230971-black-earth.jpg?v=1775019739"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/osip-mandelstam.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}