false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212094m/150253.jpg 150253 4 <b>If Not, Winter</b> irresistibly combines the ancient mysteries of Sappho with the contemporary wizardry of acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson in what is sure to become the standard translation of Sappho for our time. Presented with the Greek on facing pages, her verses appear here as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them. Together with Carson&#8217;s introduction and notes, they provide a tantalizing window into Sappho&#8217;s genius. 145021 2002 If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho total:482|5:266|4:154|3:45|2:12|1:5| 482 2110 701 57 5 3 false false Fri Aug 10 06:42:47 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 03 12:56:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 08:14:01 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 08:16:10 -0700 2007 5 2 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 07 20:56:41 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 19 07:12:48 -0800 2009
this book was often a p...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 03 17:05:41 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 11:58:58 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Feb 13 08:59:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 09:09:00 -0800 2009 Still, Sappho comes through. She exists in vibrant phrases - perhaps more wholly because she is so fractured; ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 19:01:21 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 18:44:38 -0700 2009 Original Review)
This is the sort of book that strikes me cleverness dumb. So I will simply begin by telling you what the book is.

If Not, Winter is a collection of all of the known works of Sappho - almost entirely fragments. Sappho was, in ancient Greece, considered one of the two...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 11:51:53 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 12:02:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Sep 06 08:53:11 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 08:56:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Jul 30 10:30:12 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 10:40:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Sep 03 18:24:23 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 11 10:23:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 14:21:16 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 07:42:31 -0700 2008
So little of Sappho has survived that reading this is like listening to a poorly tuned radio; through the noise and static can be caught snatches of voices, conversations, phrases, and on th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 27 21:34:58 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 21:54:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 19:25:41 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 19:27:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:32:24 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:33:25 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 15:20:32 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 15:23:13 -0800 2009 ]mostly
]goes astray"

Though they're fragments, I'm completely happy with the resulting poetry.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:35:31 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:36:33 -0700 2009 1 5 0 false false Fri Dec 19 10:48:16 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:49:30 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 11:23:26 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 18:14:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:25:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:28:40 -0700 2009 1 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 14 10:29:49 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 10:30:32 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=150253