Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Gr nbein is the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany, a place where, he wrote, "the best refuge was a closed mouth." In unsettling, often funny, sometimes savage lines whose vivid images reflect his deep love for and connection with the visual arts, Grunbein is reinventing German poetry and taking on the most pressing moral concerns of his generation. Brilliantly edited and translated by the English poet Michael Hofmann, Ashes for Breakfast expertly introduces Germany's most highly acclaimed contemporary poet to American readers.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 01/24/2006
ISBN: 9780374530136
Pages: 298
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.58w x 0.89d

Review Citations: New York Times 03/26/2006 pg. 28
New York Times Book Review 10/14/2010 pg. 53