{"product_id":"selected-translations-9781556594373","title":"Selected Translations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This collection of W.S. Merwin's translations is a deeply worthy book, beautifully produced, and meant to last as a physical object and cultural offering.\"--\u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"None surpass him. This \u003ci\u003eSelected Translations\u003c\/i\u003e is amazing in scope, mastery, themes, artistry, imagination: a testimony to a lifetime of consequential work.\"--\u003ci\u003eThree Percent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An absorbing experience that resonates with a multitude of cultural viewpoints and traditions, spanning centuries of human history. An astonishing tour de force.\"--\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected Translations\u003c\/i\u003e is the lifework from one of America's greatest poets and translators. Dedicated to the art of translation since his undergraduate years at Princeton, W.S. Merwin achieved an unmatched oeurve of translated poems from every corner of the earth, from dozens of languages. This massive achievement is an essential volume for every library, public and private.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasho's Tomb at Konpuku-ji Temple\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYosa Buson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI will die too\u003cbr\u003elet me be a dry grass flower\u003cbr\u003ehere by the monument\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the wild winter wind\u003cbr\u003ethe voice of the water is torn\u003cbr\u003efalling across the rocks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI bury the charcoal embers\u003cbr\u003ein the ashes\u003cbr\u003emy hut is covered with snow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI wear this hood\u003cbr\u003erather than look as though\u003cbr\u003eI belonged to the drifting world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eW.S. Merwin\u003c\/b\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice, most recently for \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of Sirius\u003c\/i\u003e, and the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eMigration: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. Author and translator of over fifty books, Mr. Merwin lives in Hawaii and France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. S. Merwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556594373","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158997598345,"sku":"9781556594373","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_541dbd44-17e8-4293-b1af-8c343b02c50e.jpg?v=1732613995","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/selected-translations-9781556594373","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}