Drunk from the Bitter Truth: The Poems of Anna Margolin (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780791465790)

Born Rosa Lebensboym in Belarus, Anna Margolin (1887-1952) settled permanently in America in 1913. A brilliant yet largely forgotten poet, her reputation rests on her volume of poetry published in Yiddish in 1929 in New York City. Although written in the 1920s, Margolin's poetry is remarkably fresh and contemporary, dealing with themes of anxiety, loneliness, sexual tensions, and the search for intellectual and spiritual identity, all of which were clearly reflected in her own life choices. Sensitively and beautifully translated here, the poems appear both in the original Yiddish and in English translation.

Shirley Kumove's fascinating critical-biographical introduction highlights Margolin's tempestuous and unconventional life. An exceptionally beautiful and gifted woman, Margolin adopted a bohemian and an eccentric lifestyle, and threw herself into both intellectual pursuits and romantic attachments beyond her two marriages.

Author: Anna Margolin
ISBN-10: 0791465799
ISBN-13: 9780791465790
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2005
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.26w x 0.92d
Award: National Jewish Book Award - Finalist