{"product_id":"to-the-ashes-paperback","title":"To the Ashes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnzhelina Polonskaya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Wachtel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolonskaya's second book with Zephyr reflects unflinchingly upon themes of exile and the anguish it can cause, home, war, authoritarianism, and personal relationships. Trains and ships figure in many poems, but their overall trajectory take us to the edge of a precipice: of loss, separation, death, and mortality. The award-winning poet lives in Germany because of threats she received in Russia after writing poems of political dissent, including poems for \u003ci\u003eKursk: An Oratorio Requiem\u003c\/i\u003e, about the 2000 sinking of the Russian submarine. Those oratorio poems were included in \u003ci\u003ePaul Klee's Boat\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Zephyr in 2013, and short-listed for both the 2014 PEN Poetry in Translation Award and the 2014 Best Translated Book Award. This bilingual edition of \u003ci\u003eTo the Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e will allow English-speaking \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Russian readers to read Polonskaya's latest work, as she can no longer publish her poetry in her native country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnzhelina Polonskaya has published several books of poems and short stories. She was awarded the Words on Border Freedom Prize in Norway in September 2016. Her first book in English, \u003ci\u003eA Voice\u003c\/i\u003e (Northwestern Univ. Press) was shortlisted for the 2005 Corneliu M Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation. In 2011, the \"Oratorio-Requiem\" Kursk, whose libretto consists of ten of her poems, was premiered at the Melbourne Arts Festival. Those poems appear in her collection, \u003ci\u003ePaul Klee's Boat, \u003c\/i\u003e translated by Andrew Wachtel (Zephyr, 2013), which was shortlisted for the 2014 Best Translated Book Award and the 2014 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. Polonskaya began writing poetry seriously at the age of 17, while training to be, and then employed as, a professional ice dancer. She has participated in numerous writing residencies and festivals, and her poems have been published in leading publications, including \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today, Descant, Poetry Review UK, The American Poetry Review, The Iowa Review, The Massachusetts Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700479397951,"sku":"9781938890246","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fa6e0e7cc951ce8a5db9093955a9bfb5.webp?v=1765016912","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/to-the-ashes-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}