The Half-Finished Heaven The Best Poems of Tomas Transtromer

by Transtromer, Tomas; Bly, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781555973513
• ISBN10: 1555973515
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781555979751
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
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Summary

The contemporary Swedish poet Tomas Transtrouml;mer has a prestigious worldwide reputation; many expect that he will someday win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Robert Bly, a longtime friend and confidant of Transtrouml;mer's, as well as one of his first translators, has carefully chosen and translated the finest of Transtrouml;mer's poems to create this cherished and invaluable collection. Contents Introduction: "Upward into the Depths" by Robert Bly 1 From 17 Poems(1954) Secrets on the Road(1958) The Half-Finished Heaven(1962) EveningMorning Storm The Man Awakened by a Song above His Roof Track Kyrie After the Attack Balakirev's Dream (1905) The Couple Allegro Lamento The Tree and the Sky A Winter Night Dark Shape Swimming The Half-Finished Heaven Nocturne 2 From Resonance and Footprints(1966) Night Vision(1970) Open and Closed Space From an African Diary Morning Bird Songs Summer Grass About History After a Death Under Pressure Slow Music Out in the Open Solitude Breathing Space July The Open Window s26Preludes The Bookcase Outskirts Going with the Current Traffic Night Duty A Few Moments The Name Standing Up 3 From Pathways(1973) Truth Barriers(1978) Elegy The Scattered Congregation Snow-Melting Time, '66 Further In Late May December Evening, '72 Seeing through the Ground Guard Duty Along the Lines (Far North) At Funchal (Island of Madeira) Calling Home Citoyens For Mats and Laila After a Long Dry Spell A Place in the Woods Street Crossing Below Freezing Start of a Late Autumn Novel From the Winter of 1947 The Clearing Schubertiana 4 From The Wild Market Square(1983) For the Living and the Dead(1989) Grief Gondola(1996) From March '79 Fire Script Black Postcards Romanesque Arches The Forgotten Commander Vermeer The Cuckoo The Kingdom of Uncertainty Three Stanzas Two Cities Island Life, 1860 April and Silence Grief Gondola #2

Author Biography

Tomas Transtr÷mer is the author of eleven books of poetry and a prose memoir, Memories See Me. His work has been translated into thirty languages, and has received the Petrach Prize in Germany, the Bellman Prize, the Bonnier Award for Poetry, the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Robert Bly is a poet, essayist, cultural critic, and translator. He won the 1968 National Book Award in Poetry, and his recent books of verse include Morning Poems, Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems, and The Night Abraham Called to the Stars.

Table of Contents

Introduction ``Upward into the Depths''	ix
Robert Bly
1 FROM
17 Poems (1954)
Secrets on the Road (1958)
The Half-Finished Heaven (1962)
Evening---Morning	3	(1)
Storm	4	(1)
The Man Awakened by a Song above His Roof	5	(1)
Track	6	(1)
Kyrie	7	(1)
After the Attack	8	(1)
Balakirev's Dream (1905)	9	(2)
The Couple	11	(1)
Allegro	12	(1)
Lamento	13	(1)
The Tree and the Sky	14	(1)
A Winter Night	15	(1)
Dark Shape Swimming	16	(1)
The Half-Finished Heaven	17	(1)
Nocturne	18	(3)
2 FROM
Resonance and Footprints (1966)
Night Vision (1970)
Open and Closed Space	21	(1)
From an African Diary (1963)	22	(1)
Morning Bird Songs	23	(2)
Summer Grass	25	(1)
About History	26	(2)
After a Death	28	(1)
Under Pressure	29	(1)
Slow Music	30	(1)
Out in the Open	31	(2)
Solitude	33	(2)
Breathing Space July	35	(1)
The Open Window	36	(2)
Preludes	38	(2)
The Bookcase	40	(1)
Outskirts	41	(1)
Going with the Current	42	(2)
Traffic	44	(2)
Night Duty	46	(1)
A Few Moments	47	(1)
The Name	48	(1)
Standing Up	49	(4)
3 FROM
Pathways (1973)
Truth Barriers (1978)
Elegy	53	(1)
The Scattered Congregation	54	(1)
Snow-Melting Time, '66	55	(1)
Further In	56	(1)
Late May	57	(1)
December Evening, '72	58	(1)
Seeing through the Ground	59	(1)
Guard Duty	60	(2)
Along the Lines (Far North)	62	(2)
At Funchal (Island of Madeira)	64	(1)
Calling Home	65	(1)
Citoyens	66	(1)
For Mats and Laila	67	(2)
After a Long Dry Spell	69	(1)
A Place in the Woods	70	(1)
Street Crossing	71	(1)
Below Freezing	72	(1)
Start of a Late Autumn Novel	73	(1)
From the Winter of 1947	74	(1)
The Clearing	75	(1)
Schubertiana	76	(5)
4 FROM
The Wild market Square (1983)
For the Living and the Dead (1989)
Grief Gondola (1996)
From March '79	81	(1)
Fire Script	82	(1)
Black Postcards	83	(1)
Romanesque Arches	84	(1)
The Forgotten Commander	85	(2)
Vermeer	87	(2)
The Cuckoo	89	(1)
The Kingdom of Uncertainty	90	(1)
Three Stanzas	91	(1)
Two Cities	92	(1)
Island Life, 1860	93	(1)
April and Silence	94	(1)
Grief Gondola #2	95

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