{"product_id":"the-great-enigma-new-collected-poems-9780811216722","title":"The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems","description":"\u003cem\u003eIn day's first hours consciousness can grasp the world\u003cbr\u003e as the hand grips a sun-warmed stone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Translated into fifty languages, the poetry of Tomas Transtromer has had a profound influence around the world, an influence that has steadily grown and has now attained a prominence comparable to that of Pablo Neruda's during his lifetime. But if Neruda is blazing fire, Transtromer is expanding ice. \u003cem\u003eThe Great Enigma: New Collected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e gathers all the poems Tomas Transtromer has published, from his distinctive first collection in 1954, \u003cem\u003e17 Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, through his epic poem \u003cem\u003eBaltics\u003c\/em\u003e (\"my most consistent attempt to write music\"), and \u003cem\u003eThe Sad Gondola\u003c\/em\u003e, published six years after he suffered a debilitating stroke in 1990 (\"I am carried in my shadow \/ like a violin \/ in its black case.\"), to his most recent slim book, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Enigma\u003c\/em\u003e, published in Sweden in 2004. Also included is his prose-memoir \u003cem\u003eMemories Look at Me\u003c\/em\u003e, containing keys into his intensely spiritual, metaphysical poetry (like the brief passage of insect collecting on Runmaro Island when he was a teenager). Firmly rooted in the natural world, his work falls between dream and dream; it probes \"the great unsolved love\" with the opening up, through subtle modulations, of \"concrete words.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFulton, Robin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRobin Fulton\u003c\/b\u003e, a Scottish poet and longtime resident of Norway, has been translating Tranströmer for over thirty-five years.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranstromer, Tomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nobel Prize Laureate and beloved Swedish poet \u003cstrong\u003eTomas Tranströmer\u003c\/strong\u003e (1931-2015) was born in Stockholm and worked as a psychologist. He wrote ten collections of poems that the Nobel Prize Committee praised for their \"condensed, translucent images that give us fresh access to reality.\" The best-known Scandinavian poet of the postwar period, and the most widely translated, his other books available in English include \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems 1954-1986\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Half-Finished Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFor the Living and the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eNight Vision\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eWindows and Stars\u003c\/em\u003e. For many years after being seriously debilitated by a stroke, Tranströmer continued write. He was also an avid pianist and released a recording of classical piano pieces performed with his left hand. Tranströmer received numerous public recognitions for his poetry including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the Bonnier Award for Poetry, Germany's Petrarch Prize, the Bellman Prize, the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize, the August Prize, and a Lifetime Recognition Award in 2007 from The Griffin Trust. In 2011 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503912587538,"sku":"9780811216722","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_83376d48-1b30-4be1-b401-889f7d22b6f0.jpg?v=1730804046","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-enigma-new-collected-poems-9780811216722","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}