Buy watermark first edition by joseph brodsky isbn. A few months ago, i published an essay in the magazine about the poet joseph brodsky. In this brief, intense, gemlike book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, brodsky turns his eye to the seductive and enigmatic city of venice. Reading brodskys essays is like a conversation with an immensely erudite. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Joseph brodsky writes about venice in a language i can totally empathise with. Download our free nook app kids books special offer things to do at home next. In this brief, intense, gemlike book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, brodsky turns his eye to the seductive and enigmatic city of. A mosaic of 48 short chapterseach recalling a specific episode from one of his many visits there brodsky spent his winters in venice for nearly 20 years watermark associatively and brilliantly evokes one citys. He received the nobel prize in literature in 1987 and served as poet laureate of the united states in 1991 and 1992. Book free download watermark by joseph brodsky pdf file watermark by joseph brodsky. Users are warned that this work is protected under laws and downloading is strictly prohibited. It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the u. Brodsky s description of his version of paradise has all the vividness and associative brilliance of a lyric poem.
Brodsky, a survivor of the gulag, went to venice in search of love. One of the books in particular made a strong impression on brodsky. A love letter to a place, venice, which the author a russianamerican fell in love with and went back to again and again. Joseph brodsky 194096 came to the united states in 1972, an involuntary exile from the soviet union. Watermark is a gracefully idiosyncratic work, one that obliquely mingles the authors own selfportrait with that of this penelope of a city, weaving her patterns by day and undoing them by night, with no ulysses in. His books include less than one, on grief and reason, selected poems, and many others.
1582 327 1555 1345 283 728 396 1063 339 1071 1583 1118 246 141 1447 39 106 1172 1304 1532 343 1196 1296 821 91 940 68 107 354 617