{"product_id":"ashes-for-breakfast-selected-poems-9780374530136","title":"Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn 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, \u003ci\u003eAshes for Breakfast \u003c\/i\u003eexpertly introduces Germany's most highly acclaimed contemporary poet to American readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Durs Grunbein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.58w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374530136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2006 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2010 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDurs Grünbein\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40905218752627,"sku":"9.78037E+12","price":24.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_10cee05a-fef5-4a68-bb19-050126e39204.jpg?v=1690894731","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ashes-for-breakfast-selected-poems-9780374530136","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}