Contact
How to shop
Delivery
Shopping guide
Shadow Lands
English
27 b
Delivery to Austria
Up to 30 days for returns
Customers also purchased
/
Paperback
37.29
€
Johannes Bobrowski is widely regarded as the most important German poet of this century. He began to write poetry on the Eastern Front in 1941 where, as a 24-year-old German soldier in Kaunas, he saw the "slavering wolves" of the SS drive the "grey processions" over a hill to death. A prisoner-of-war in Russia until 1949, he returned to Berlin to write with a purpose: to inform his countrymen of the history and myths of Eastern Europe and to preserve the memory of his childhood home. The poems in Shadow Lands reflect Bobrowski's hope, in the words of Michael Hamburger, "that he might succeed poetically in bearing witness to that vanished world", that is, the world of Eastern Germany before the war. With an almost surreal lyrical beauty, he evokes the pre-Christian era of the gods and heroes of the ancient Prussians. The poems also resonate with the most eloquent and picturesque descriptions of Bobrowski's homeland - its rivers, its forests and quiet villages - ultimately leaving us with a sense of "the hiddenness of all perfect things". Personally intense and far-reaching, these poems have been treasured for their originality, their beauty, and their broad and lasting appeal.
About the book
English
Categories
Give this book today
It's easy
1 Add to cart and choose Deliver as present at the checkout 2 We'll send you a voucher 3 The book will arrive at the recipient's addressYou might also be interested in
Hi! I'm Libroamiko, your book advisor.
How can I help you?