{"product_id":"a-cloud-of-witnesses-kjell-espmark-9781848618237","title":"A Cloud of Witnesses","description":"\u003cp\u003eKjell Espmark\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(b.1930) was Professor of Comparative Literature at Stockholm University from 1978 to 1995 and has been a member of The Swedish Academy since 1981, serving as Chairman of The Nobel Committee from 1988 to 2004. He has published twenty volumes of poetry, ten novels, and over a dozen volumes of literary criticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e His many awards include The Bellman Prize, The Transtrer Prize, Il Premio Capri and Il Premio Internazionale Camaiore. He is an officer of L'ordre de M駻ite. He has been translated into over twenty languages. Of the Spanish version of his latest book of poetry, Martin Lopez-Vega wrote in \u003cem\u003eEl Mundo\u003c\/em\u003e: \"\u003cem\u003eThe Creation \u003c\/em\u003econfirms that we are faced with one of the most important poets of our time.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of Espmark's poems are dramatic monologues in which the dead, some famous, some anonymous, speak to us, hoping for our attention. Another consistent feature of his poetry, and one which we can see extending over six decades, is the coherence we find within each volume, echoes and cross-references linking poems not only within a single collection but from book to book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kjell Espmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848618239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848618237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.26d","brand":"Kjell Espmark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055805133055,"sku":"9781848618237","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d406faf-2aa9-4024-bd2d-c5c23c8708c4.jpg?v=1685037888","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cloud-of-witnesses-kjell-espmark-9781848618237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}