The Pocket Sappho

by Willis Barnstone

Book Overview

A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet by the prize-winning poet and translator.

Sappho's thrilling lyric verses have been unremittingly popular for more than 2,600 years--certainly a record for poetry of any kind--and love for her art only increases as time goes on. Though her extant work consists only of a collection of fragments and a handful of complete poems, her mystique endures to be discovered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611806917
• ISBN13: 9781611806915
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"