{"product_id":"the-great-enigma-tomas-transtromer-9780811216722","title":"The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems","description":"\u003cem\u003eIn day's first hours consciousness can grasp the world\u003cbr\u003e as the hand grips a sun-warmed stone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Translated into fifty languages, the poetry of Tomas Transtromer has had a profound influence around the world, an influence that has steadily grown and has now attained a prominence comparable to that of Pablo Neruda's during his lifetime. But if Neruda is blazing fire, Transtromer is expanding ice. \u003cem\u003eThe Great Enigma: New Collected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e gathers all the poems Tomas Transtromer has published, from his distinctive first collection in 1954, \u003cem\u003e17 Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, through his epic poem \u003cem\u003eBaltics\u003c\/em\u003e (\"my most consistent attempt to write music\"), and \u003cem\u003eThe Sad Gondola\u003c\/em\u003e, published six years after he suffered a debilitating stroke in 1990 (\"I am carried in my shadow \/ like a violin \/ in its black case.\"), to his most recent slim book, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Enigma\u003c\/em\u003e, published in Sweden in 2004. Also included is his prose-memoir \u003cem\u003eMemories Look at Me\u003c\/em\u003e, containing keys into his intensely spiritual, metaphysical poetry (like the brief passage of insect collecting on Runmaro Island when he was a teenager). Firmly rooted in the natural world, his work falls between dream and dream; it probes \"the great unsolved love\" with the opening up, through subtle modulations, of \"concrete words.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tomas Transtromer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811216721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811216722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2006 pg. 37","brand":"Tomas Transtromer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044209783039,"sku":"9780811216722","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_682ed0b1-80c5-423b-a84d-a3ec184e807f.jpg?v=1684971552","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-enigma-tomas-transtromer-9780811216722","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}