Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems

Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Gr nbein is the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany, a place where, he wrote, "the best refuge was a closed mouth." In unsettling, often funny, sometimes savage lines whose vivid images reflect his deep love for and connection with the visual arts, Grunbein is reinventing German poetry and taking on the most pressing moral concerns of his generation. Brilliantly edited and translated by the English poet Michael Hofmann, Ashes for Breakfast expertly introduces Germany's most highly acclaimed contemporary poet to American readers.

Author: Durs Grunbein
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: 01/24/2006
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.58w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780374530136

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 03/26/2006 pg. 28
New York Times Book Review 10/14/2010 pg. 53

About the Author

Durs Grünbein is the author of eight previous volumes of poetry. His work has been awarded many major German literary prizes, including the highest, the Georg-Büchner-Preis, and the 2004 Friedrich-Nietzsche-Preis. He has lived in Berlin since 1985.