If Not, Winter Paperback by Sappho; Translated by Anne Carson

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (2003-08-12)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 416 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780676976083
• Item Weight: 283.5 grams
• Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.89 cm

If Not, Winter irresistibly combines the ancient mysteries of Sappho with the contemporary wizardry of acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson in what is sure to become the standard translation of Sappho for our time. Presented with the Greek on facing pages, her verses appear here as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them. Together with Carson’s introduction and notes, they provide a tantalizing window into Sappho’s genius.

About the Author

Anne Carson lives in Montreal, where she is the Director of Graduate Studies, Classics, at McGill University. She was twice a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, is the recipient of a Lannan Award, a Pushcart Prize, a MacArthur Fellowship and the winner of the inaugural Griffin Trust Prize for Poetry.