Yevtushenko: Selected Poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
This volume contains a selection of early works by Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko who blazed a trail for a generation of Soviet poets with a confident poetic voice that moves effortlessly between social and personal themes. 'Zima Junction' vividly describes his idyllic childhood in Siberia and his impressions of home after a long absence in Moscow. Private moments are captured in 'Waking', on the joys of discovering the unexpected in a lover, and 'Birthday', on a mother's concern for her son, while 'Encounter' depicts an unexpected meeting with Hemingway in Copenhagen. 'The Companion' and 'Party Card' show war from a child's eye, whether playing while oblivious to German bombs falling nearby or discovering a fatally wounded soldier in the forest, while Yevtushenko's famous poem, 'Babiy Yar', is an angry expose of the Nazi massacre of the Jews of Kiev.Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-) is a Russian poet, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter and actor.
Translated with an introduction by Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi, S.J.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140424775 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140424776 |
| Title | Yevtushenko: Selected Poems |
| Author | Yevgeny Yevtushenko |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-06-26 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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