kameronrm's review
5.0
A gorgeous, strange translation that feels more like the portrait of a poet than a collection of poems.
hibernaculum's review
4.0
A brief curation of poems by Ilya Kaminsky and Jean Valentine, with a very engrossing Afterword about Tsvetaeva by Kaminsky.
philpreads's review against another edition
5.0
You have to read this!!!!!! “To fall out of love—is to see, instead of him: a table”
I’m obsessed with Marina.
I’m obsessed with Marina.
carolinemeow's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
i really wanted to like this. +.5 stars because the notes at the end, the careful attention to translation and tsvetvaeva's personality were so wonderful to read and /feel/ but ... her poetry's actual language just did not do very much for me. the context surrounding it is really interesting but the poems themselves were just OK, some gems here and there but overall didn't captivate me like i wanted it to
i really wanted to like this. +.5 stars because the notes at the end, the careful attention to translation and tsvetvaeva's personality were so wonderful to read and /feel/ but ... her poetry's actual language just did not do very much for me. the context surrounding it is really interesting but the poems themselves were just OK, some gems here and there but overall didn't captivate me like i wanted it to
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