{"product_id":"anne-hbert-selected-poems-translated-1","title":"Anne Hébert: Selected Poems","description":"\u003ch4\u003eHardcover copies available in limited quantity\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a first\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eedition, first printing available in limited supply.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBooks\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehave been archived at BOA Editions, Ltd. since publication and are in good condition. Hardcover. Ideal for collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by A. Poulin, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnne Hébert: Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e is the first bilingual collection of poetry by this major world poet—and Canada\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es most important French poet of the twentieth century—to be published in the United States and Canada. It includes a generous selection from Hébert\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es central book, \u003cem\u003ePoemes\u003c\/em\u003e (Paris, 1960) and several previously uncollected and untranslated poems. A. Poulin, Jr. is the highly acclaimed poet and translator of Rainer Maria Rilke\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es French and German poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eMinor Despair\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe river’s reclaimed the islands I loved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe keys of silence are lost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe hollyhock’s not as sweet as I thought\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe water has more secrets than it sings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMy heart collapses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe moment no longer supports it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise for the collection\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Anne Hébert was one of the first modern poets that I read—in any language—and her work made an indelible impression on me. I still know some of her poems virtually by heart—they both capture and create their own world.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Margaret Atwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There is a persistent grandeur in Anne Hébert’s writing that is startling in our time and in the current literary context in English. Both the tradition and iconoclasm in the work of this French poet of North America invite us to listen to something beyond our own conventions.” \u003cstrong\u003e—W.S. Merwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 1988\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":8419896389,"sku":"9780918526564","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/ANNE_HEBERT.jpg?v=1527683171","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/anne-hbert-selected-poems-translated-1","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}