Carson's translation illuminates Sappho's reflections on love, desire, marriage, exile, cushions, bees, old age, shame, time, chickpeas and many other aspects of the human situation."-BOOK JACKET. Brackets and space give the reader a sense of what is absent as well as what is present on the papyrus. In If Not, Winter Carson presents all of Sappho's fragments in Greek and in English. Fragment 147: Someone will remember us I say Even in another time This fragment shows Sappho’s brilliance as we read and contemplate the meaning of her remaining lines in the year 2022, we see that she was correct. Of the nine books of lyrics Sappho is said to have composed, none of the music is extant and only one poem has survived complete. I selected my favorite fragments from If Not, Winter to analyze and to ponder their possible meanings. She was a musical genius who devoted her life to composing and performing songs. Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos from about 630 B.C. "A bilingual edition of the work of the Greek poet Sappho, in a new translation by Anne Carson. If Not, Winter: Fragments Of Sappho (Paperback) Anne Carson Published by Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom (2003) ISBN 10: 1844080811 ISBN 13: 9781844080816 New Paperback Quantity: 10 Seller: Book Depository hard to find (London, United Kingdom) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Paperback. Knopf : distributed by Random House, 2002 If not, winter : fragments of Sappho / translated by Anne Carson Book Bib ID
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