{"product_id":"9781844080816-if-not-winter","title":"If Not, Winter: The Complete Fragments Of Sappho","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe definitive complete translation of Sappho, by one of the world's greatest living poets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A superb version . subtle, beautiful, precise, moving'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe definitive complete translation of Sappho, by one of the world's greatest living poets\u003cbr\u003eNot much is known about Sappho, the great poetess of Ancient Greece. Her relationships, her queerness, her family, her death - all these details are hazy, lost to time. Likewise, of the nine scrolls of lyrics Sappho is said to have composed during her life on the island of Lebsos, only one poem has survived complete - the rest are fragments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIf Not, Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Carson has collected and translated all the surviving fragments of Sappho's verse. With the original Greek parallel to each poem, Carson leaves brackets and white space to signal the gaps where text has been lost to time - allowing us to imagine the poems as they were written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her singular style and extensive translator's notes, Carson pieces together the voice of Sappho. And through her, Sappho's reflections on love and desire, suitors and rivals, goddesses and daughters, echo through millennia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The beautiful blur of Sappho's work, the rhythms, the ornate grammar, the singing sounds she teases out of rare words . are impossible to match'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Imaginatively presented and superbly prefaced, this collection is both heartrending and uplifting'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A defining translation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO SAPPHO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Anne Carson's translations of Sappho are small miracles of vividness' \u003c\/b\u003eEMILY ROBINSON,\u003ci\u003e ANNE CARSON: ECSTATIC LYRE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Carson's] command of language is honed to a perfect edge and her approach to the text, respectful yet imaginative, results in verse that lets Sappho shine forth'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A spare and elegant rendering of every word of Sappho's that has come down to us'\u003c\/b\u003e MERYL ALTMAN, \u003ci\u003eA WOMAN'S REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A haunting translation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31861722939489,"sku":"9781844080816","price":14.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27651448.jpg?v=1721981429","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781844080816-if-not-winter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}