{"product_id":"faust-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-9780374527860","title":"Faust: Part 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoethe's classic, enlivened by Randall Jarrell's fine translation and Peter \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eS?\u003c\/b\u003e's dark, dreamy illustrations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRandall Jarrell's translation of \u003ci\u003eFaust \u003c\/i\u003eis one of his most important achievements. In 1957 he inscribed Goethe's motto on the first page of his notebook--\"Ohne Hast aber ohne Rast\" (\"Without haste but without rest\")--and from then until his death in 1965 he worked on the masterpiece of his \"own favorite daemon, dear good great Goethe.\" His intent was to make the German poetry free, unrhymed poetry in English. He all but finished the job before he died, and the few lines that remained untouched--\"Gretchen's Room\"--were rendered into English by Robert Lowell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis elegant new edition features numerous beautiful line drawings and jacket lettering by the renowned Czech artist Peter S?, author of the award-winning books \u003ci\u003eStarry Messenger: Galileo Galilei\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTibet: Through the Red Box\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374527865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374527860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.12w x 0.88d","brand":"Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946556293375,"sku":"9780374527860","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_27392bd7-f0fe-4c5b-b204-76d6f5f03e48.jpg?v=1681513823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faust-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-9780374527860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}