{"product_id":"the-star-by-my-head-malena-mrling-9781571314611","title":"The Star by My Head: Poets from Sweden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished in partnership with the Poetry Foundation, this breathtaking anthology features eight of Sweden's most highly regarded poets.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Edith Sergran to Gunnar Ekel to Nobel Prize-winning Tomas Transtrer, Sweden has long been home to a rich and luminous poetic tradition, notable for refreshing openness, striking honesty, and a rare transcendence that often springs from a keen attention to the natural world. In the poems of \u003cem\u003eThe Star by My Head\u003c\/em\u003e, which begin in the early twentieth century and come up to the present day, pinecones cluster out of reach and lilacs attempt their tentative rebirth each year. A bee makes a face like a newborn's. A name etched in vapor on a windowpane, and its erasure, brings happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith exquisite translations by internationally acclaimed poets and translators Malena Mling and Jonas Ellerstr offered alongside the Swedish originals, \u003cem\u003eThe Star by My Head\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential bilingual volume and the premiere American anthology of its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malena Mling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 157131461X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Malena Mling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987892240639,"sku":"9781571314611","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9d7a986-d6ec-4b6f-84ad-0c1ad93a3584.jpg?v=1683291468","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-star-by-my-head-malena-mrling-9781571314611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}