Breathturn by Paul Celan
A GERMAN-ENGLISH BILINGUAL EDITION. Translated from the German by Pierre Joris--winner of the 2004 PEN Translation Award for Celan's Lightduress--the is the first of Celan's three major books of poetry before his death by suicide. Considered by many to be one of Celan's major writings, Breathturn brilliant reveals the Wende or turn of writing.
Celan was born in Bukovina (now Romania), where he witnessed his father and mother perish as a result of the Nazi occupation of their nation and their internment in concentration camps. Before committing suicide, he spent the majority of his life in Paris, writing in German.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781933382524 |
| ISBN 10 | 193338252X |
| Title | Breathturn |
| Author | Paul Celan |
| Series | Green Integer Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Green Integer |
| Year published | 2006-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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