{"product_id":"flight-and-metamorphosis-poems-a-bilingual-edition-9780374606435","title":"Flight and Metamorphosis: Poems: A Bilingual Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe central collection by the poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate Nelly Sachs, newly translated by Joshua Weiner (with Linda B. Parshall).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo far out, in the open, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecushioned in sleep.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn flight from the land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith love's heavy luggage.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA butterfly-zone of dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003elike an open parasol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eheld up against the truth.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlight and Metamorphosis \u003c\/i\u003emarks the culmination of Nelly Sachs's development as a poet. Sachs, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966, speaks from her own condition as a refugee from Nazi Germany--her loneliness while living in a small Stockholm flat with her elderly mother; her exile, her alienation, her feelings of romantic bereavement; and her search for the divine. Forced onto a journey of endless change, Sachs created her own path forward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom these sublime poems, she emerges as a visionary, one who harnesses language's essential power to create and transform our world. Joshua Weiner's translations (with Linda B. Parshall) are the first in more than half a century to elucidate Sachs's enduring poetic power and relevance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374606435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Nelly Sachs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720801423541,"sku":"9780374606435","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_23500985-c29f-4492-9b17-d64363cae799.jpg?v=1675179408","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/flight-and-metamorphosis-poems-a-bilingual-edition-9780374606435","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}