{"product_id":"the-score-of-the-game-tatiana-shcherbina-9780939010738","title":"The Score of the Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eShcherbina emerged in the early 1980s as the spokesperson for the new, independent Moscow culture. Her work was first published in the official press of the Soviet Union in 1986, and five volumes of her poetry were published in samizdat prior to 1990. Her poetry is now widely published in both established and experimental journals at home and abroad, and has been translated into Dutch, German, French, and English. Shcherbina's poetry blends the personal with the political, and the source for her material is pulled from classical literature, as well as French and German cultural influences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Still-Life\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eZing--Boom--Snap: \u003cbr\u003edrop here and there drop\u003cbr\u003ethe seed senses the ground like a greedy trap.\u003cbr\u003eWhether it needs to fall, it needs to stay put\u003cbr\u003eas the uttermost prophetic white grasslet in the air\u003cbr\u003eand kafka, with golden inks a crazy engraver\u003cbr\u003ewrites: \"The seed succeeded, conceived immaculate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seed Zing--Snap--Boom: \u003cbr\u003esets out at random\u003cbr\u003eeither toward this mother or that mother\u003cbr\u003eor swimming orphaned toward a leeside cutter: \u003cbr\u003ehurrah, an oasis! hurrah, an oasis!\u003cbr\u003eAnd all of it a mess!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSnap--Boom--Zing: \u003cbr\u003emy mother's a sun descended from yellow melons, \u003cbr\u003efather a boomerang of moons a lunar elk, \u003cbr\u003ebetween them a euclidean parallel: \u003cbr\u003eil mirroring il, elle mirroring elle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seed, mothlike, like trout\u003cbr\u003eknocks knocks against the lantern's light\u003cbr\u003elocked behind a glass door...\u003cbr\u003eStill-life: pitch dark on market day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTatiana Shcherbina \u003c\/b\u003eShcherbina was awarded a Bourse de Création from the French Ministry of Culture. After living abroad for several years in the early 1990s, she returned to Moscow, where she has served as editor-in-chief of the cultural journal Estet (Aesthete) since 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tatiana Shcherbina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0939010739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780939010738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zephyr Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.52h x 6.56w x 0.43d","brand":"Tatiana Shcherbina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435719471359,"sku":"9780939010738","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b5fdafb-d084-42bf-83c4-13fed53f3508.jpg?v=1777152251","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-score-of-the-game-tatiana-shcherbina-9780939010738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}