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A review by carolinemeow
Dark Elderberry Branch: Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva by Jean Valentine, Marina Tsvetaeva, Ilya Kaminsky
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