{"product_id":"listen-early-poems-vladimir-mayakovsky-9780872862555","title":"Listen! Early Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"what a poet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the clear water is thick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith bloody blows on its head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI embraced a cloud\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when I soared\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit rained.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Frank O'Hara, \"Mayakovsky\" (1954)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMayakovsky's is one of the most compelling voices in twentieth-century Russian poetry. Born in 1893, he joined the Futurist movement in 1912 and soon established himself as one of Russia's major poets. In 1917, he rallied to the Russian Revolution and remained the indisputable leader of its artistic avant-garde until his suicide in 1930.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the poems in this book are translated for the first time into English. Accompanying the poems are rare drawings and lithographs by Mayakovsky and his circle, found in private collections of futurist books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vladimir Mayakovsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872862550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872862555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.24h x 4.88w x 0.23d","brand":"Vladimir Mayakovsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980668666111,"sku":"9780872862555","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_663ba550-f8dd-44cb-be3c-75a8235c4dd6.jpg?v=1683251214","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/listen-early-poems-vladimir-mayakovsky-9780872862555","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}