Poems of Akhmatova -- Anna Akhmatova, Paperback

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Poems of Akhmatova -- Anna Akhmatova, PaperbackWitness to the international and domestic chaos of the first half of the twentieth century, Anna Akhmatova (1888 1966) chronicled Russia's troubled times in poems of sharp beauty and intensity. Her genius is now universally acknowledged, and recent biographies attest to a remarkable resurgence of interest in her poetry in this country. Here is the essence of Akhmatova a landmark selection and translation, including excerpts from "Poem with a Hero."

" - Daniel H

We almost succumb to the pull to claim each other as fated mates

inclusive and accessible for everyone on all levels of their being

Follow Nibbles the Book Monster as he chomps his way through the library

a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves

despite his enigmatic reserve

and the rambunctious students in the region's one-room schoolhouse

" -The New York TimesAuthor: Colleen Af Venable

But she soon discovers the king's power is absolute

As topical today as when it was first published in 1938

ISBN: 9780231193412

based on over 20 years' experience of working with students