{"product_id":"to-urania-poems-9780374523336","title":"To Urania: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eCombining two books of verse that were first published in his native Russian, \u003ci\u003eTo Urania\u003c\/i\u003e was 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003ci\u003eTo Urania\u003c\/i\u003e--by turns cerebral, caustic, comic, and celebratory--we appreciate firsthand a great lyric poet's variety and achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poet, essayist, and playwright \u003cb\u003eJoseph Brodsky\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-96) came to the United States in 1972, an involuntary exile from the Soviet Union. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987 and served as Poet Laureate of the United States in 1991 and 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323780698386,"sku":"9780374523336","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_137f91f1-668e-4ce4-9cdf-362acbf4847a.jpg?v=1727661287","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/to-urania-poems-9780374523336","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}