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Dark Elderberry Branch: Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva by Jean Valentine, Marina Tsvetaeva, Ilya Kaminsky
lsparrow's review against another edition
4.0
It made me wish I could have read it in the original Russian.
kameronrm's review against another edition
5.0
A gorgeous, strange translation that feels more like the portrait of a poet than a collection of poems.
hibernaculum's review against another edition
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
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
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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