The Half-finished Heaven: The Best Poems of Tomas Transtromer - Tapa blanda

"The poems of Tomas Transtromer are points of entry 'upward into / the depths' of an imagination, a spirit that is regeneratively inventive, capacious, unillusioned, undaunted, admirable . . . This extraordinary collection of work by one of Sweden's greatest contemporary poets presents a rich sampling of verse published during the past five decades." --The New York Times Book Review The poems of Tomas Transtromer are points of entry 'upward into / the depths' of an imagination, a spirit that is regeneratively inventive, capacious, unillusioned, undaunted, admirable . . . This extraordinary collection of work by one of Sweden's greatest contemporary poets presents a rich sampling of verse published during the past five decades. The New York Times Book Review" "The poems of Tomas Transtroemer are points of entry 'upward into / the depths' of an imagination, a spirit that is regeneratively inventive, capacious, unillusioned, undaunted, admirable . . . This extraordinary collection of work by one of Sweden's greatest contemporary poets presents a rich sampling of verse published during the past five decades."-"The New York Times Book Review" "The poems of Tomas Transtro mer are points of entry 'upward into / the depths' of an imagination, a spirit that is regeneratively inventive, capacious, unillusioned, undaunted, admirable . . . This extraordinary collection of work by one of Sweden's greatest contemporary poets presents a rich sampling of verse published during the past five decades."-- "The New York Times Book Review" "The poems of Tomas Transtromer are points of entry 'upward into / the depths' of an imagination, a spirit that is regeneratively inventive, capacious, unillusioned, undaunted, admirable . . . This extraordinary collection of work by one of Sweden's greatest contemporary poets presents a rich sampling of verse published during the past five decades."--"The New York Times Book Review"

A handpicked selection of the best-loved poems of Tomas Transtromer - winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. Mystical, versatile and sad, the poems (in verse and prose) have earned him international acclaim. A broad restrospective of his work, The Half-Finished Heaven is an excellent English-language introduction to this notable Swedish poet. Widely praised in the US upon publication, it's a book that's not to be missed.