{"product_id":"psyche-running-selected-poems-2005-2022-hardcover","title":"Psyche Running: Selected Poems, 2005-2022 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDurs Grünbein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaren Leeder\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling selection of more than one hundred poems that trace the development of Durs Grünbein's work over the past two decades.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grünbein is the most significant and successful poet of his generation in Germany. Since 1988, when the then-twenty-five-year-old burst onto the scene with his poetry collection \u003ci\u003eGrauzone morgens\u003c\/i\u003e--a mordant reckoning with the East Germany he grew up in--Grünbein has published more than thirty books of poetry and prose, which have been translated into dozens of languages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2005 the volume \u003ci\u003eAshes for Breakfast\u003c\/i\u003e introduced Grünbein to English-language readers for the first time by sampling poetry from his first four collections. \u003ci\u003ePsyche Running\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where that volume left off and offers a selection of poems from his nine subsequent collections, which shows how Grünbein has developed from his ironic take on the classical into an elegiac exploration of history through dream fragments and poems with a haunting existential unease. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDurs Grünbein\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Dresden in 1962, and he now lives in Berlin and Rome. He is professor of poetics and aesthetics at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He has written more than twenty-five books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003ePorcelain\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Seagull Books. \u003cb\u003eKaren Leeder\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, critic and prize-winning translator of contemporary German literature including work by Durs Grünbein, Volker Braun, Michael Krüger, Evelyn Schlag and Raoul Schrott.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.77 x 5.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460447223986,"sku":"9781803092799","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0dfc9ba33258ec1b9b9277ba6a7626f0.webp?v=1778921105","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/psyche-running-selected-poems-2005-2022-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}