{"product_id":"five-books-ana-blandiana-9781780375380","title":"Five Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new translation combines five of Ana Blandiana's previous collections, three of protest poems from the 1980s followed by her two collections of love poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs one of Romania's foremost poets, and a leading dissident before the fall of Communism, Ana Blandiana's poetry has become symbolic of an ethical consciousness that refuses to be silenced by a totalitarian governments. \u003cp\u003eThe poems of \u003ci\u003ePredator Star\u003c\/i\u003e (1985) and \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Waves\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) chronicle a convulsed history and pose the question of how to resist the terror of history. \u003ci\u003eClock without Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) marks a return to rhyme, as Blandiana attempts a courageous renovation of traditional verse forms. Her fiercely militant voice - that helped inaugurate the postmodern idiom in Romanian poetry in 1984 - has modulated over time into a new tone of forgiveness and renunciation, expressed in meditations on the fragility and vulnerability of being. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has also written two collections of love poems which rank among the most beautiful in contemporary Romanian poetry - \u003ci\u003eOctober, November, December\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) and \u003ci\u003eVariations on a Given Theme \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) - the second of these composed after the death of her husband, Romulus Rusan, in 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA prolific and expansive poet, Ana Blandiana constantly re-invents herself. Her work ultimately reflects on universal issues, on human existence itself in our 21st-century consumer society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ana Blandiana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780375387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780375380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Ana Blandiana","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987585990911,"sku":"9781780375380","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fb2a5b95-614f-403d-8b84-2bec49fca25d.jpg?v=1683289868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/five-books-ana-blandiana-9781780375380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}