false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173738607m/320599.jpg 320599 5 This collection of essays thrusts Brodsky--heretofore known more for his poetry and translations--into the forefront of the "Third Wave" of Russian emigre writers. His insights into the works of [author: Dostoyevsky], [author: Mandelstam], [author: Platonov], as well as non-Russian poets [author: Auden], [author: Cavafy] and [author: Montale] are brilliant. While the Western popularity of many other Third Wavers has been stunted by their inability to write in English, Brodsky consumed the language to attain a "closer proximity" to poets such as Auden. The book, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, opens and closes with revealing autobiographical essays. 1306727 1 5 1987 Less Than One: Selected Essays total:62|5:28|4:21|3:11|2:2|1:0| 62 261 106 5 3 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 20:35:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 15:06:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 00:21:54 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 00:24:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 05 13:03:44 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:04:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Jun 23 16:47:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 16:48:38 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Thu Aug 02 14:19:23 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 21:06:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 11:22:54 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 11:22:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 13:42:26 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 13:42:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 09:21:19 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:21:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 18 21:28:34 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 21:28:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 21:55:47 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 21:55:47 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 15:55:01 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 15:55:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Sep 21 22:44:06 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 22:44:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 14:49:06 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 14:49:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 02:42:05 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 02:42:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 12:55:50 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 12:55:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 14:28:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 14:28:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 14:56:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 14:56:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 15 09:44:58 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 09:45:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 14:29:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 14:29:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 13 06:37:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 06:37:14 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=320599