{"product_id":"if-not-winter-isbn-9780375724510","title":"If Not, Winter","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this \"gorgeous translation\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), one of our most fearless and original poets provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed,   only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new   translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sappho’s fragments,   in Greek and in English, as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them,   inviting a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as electric—or,   to use Sappho’s words, as “thin fire ... racing under skin.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Carson is in many ways [Sappho's] ideal translator.... Her command of language is hones to a perfect edge and her approach to the text, respectful yet imaginative, results in verse that lets Sappho shine forth.\" \u003ci\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e“[Sappho’s] verse has been elevated to new heights in [this] gorgeous translation.”   —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e “This Sappho is whispering in our ear in a language we can   understand.” —\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“Carson is in many ways [Sappho’s] ideal translator....  Her command of language is honed to a perfect edge and her approach to the   text, respectful yet imaginative, results in verse that lets Sappho shine forth.”   —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“A selfless, faithful, and boldly delicate achievement.” —\u003ci\u003eBoston   Review\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eANNE CARSON was born in Canada and has been a professor of Classics for over thirty years. Her awards and honors include the Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Trust Award for Excellence in Poetry, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations.\u003cb\u003eFragment 22   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e]    \u003cbr\u003e]work    \u003cbr\u003e]face    \u003cbr\u003e]   \u003cbr\u003e]    \u003cbr\u003eif not, winter    \u003cbr\u003e]no pain    \u003cbr\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e]I bid you sing\u003cbr\u003eof Gongyla, Abanthis, taking up\u003cbr\u003eyour lyre as (now again) longing    \u003cbr\u003efloats around you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eyou beauty. For her dress when you saw it\u003cbr\u003estirred you. And I rejoice.\u003cbr\u003eIn fact she herself once blamed me    \u003cbr\u003eKyprogeneia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebecause I prayed\u003cbr\u003ethis word:\u003cbr\u003eI want\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFragment 47 \u003c\/b\u003e                 \u003cbr\u003eEros shook my\u003cbr\u003emind like a mountain wind falling on oak trees\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFragment 52\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI would not think to touch the sky with two arms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFragment 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003enot one girl I think    \u003cbr\u003ewho looks on the light of the sun        \u003cbr\u003ewill ever        \u003cbr\u003ehave wisdom        \u003cbr\u003elike this\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFragment 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003esomeone will remember us             \u003cbr\u003eI say             \u003cbr\u003eeven in another time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFragment 162\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewith what eyes?","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303598837989,"sku":"NP9780375724510","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375724510.jpg?v=1767729784","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/if-not-winter-isbn-9780375724510","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}