Less Than One: Selected Essays by Joseph Brodsky - 1986

Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1986-03-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.7000 in x 8.4000 in x 5.8000 in. Light foxing to text block. Previous owner's name written inside book.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar Straus & Giroux, January 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket with some toning to the flaps. Poetic, literary, political and historical essays from the poet exiled from the Soviet Union in 1972.

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986-03-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition 1st printing - minor stain to back of dust jacket at spine and at cover - slight staining to closed page edge - otherwise dust jacket and cover fine binding strong contents clean - now in mylar cover - enjoy

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986-03-01. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition 1st printing - some foxing to closed page edge - otherwise dust jacket and cover fine binding strong contents clean - now in mylar cover - enjoy

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Very good. William Diepraam (Author photo). [10], 501, [1] pages. Underlining and marks on pages 153, 159,187, and on page 279, and possibly elsewhere. Small ink mark on bottom edge. Less Than One is, in the broadest sense, an intellectual autobiography. The volume includes Brodsy's remarkable essays on poetry and poetics. In his considerations of the work of Russian writers such as Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, and Mendelstam, as well as Western poets such as Auden, Montale, Cavafy, and Derek Walcott, Brodsky has produced compelling, luminous accounts of twentieth-century poetry. In "Catastrophes in the Air," Brodsky addresses the history and future of Russian prose, providing an original description of the life and death of a literary tradition. Inevitably, this book is also about politics. And in such essays as "On Tyranny" and "Flight from Byzantium," Brodsky offers profound meditations on history… Read More

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 501 pages ; 22cm. Subjects: Russian poetry -- History and criticism.