The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova - Softcover

1. Most complete collection of Akhmatova's poetry in English translation 2. Magnificent reviews from NY Times and other papers/journals 3. A mainstay of Russian and World Literature courses 4. 4,000 copies of the 3rd edition released in Fall of 97--currently fewer than 100 copies remain in stock--more than 20,000 copies in print since its first publication in 1990. 5. new information, new cover-10th anniversary edition

Initially published in 1990, when the "New York Times Book Review" named it one of fourteen "Best Books of the Year," Judith Hemschemeyer's translation of "The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova" is the definitive edition, and has sold over 13,000 copies, making it one of the most successful poetry titles of recent years.This reissued and revised printing features a new biographical essay as well as expanded notes to the poems, both by Roberta Reeder, project editor and author of "Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet" (St. Martin's Press, 1994). Encyclopedic in scope, with more than 800 poems, 100 photographs, a historical chronology, index of first lines, and bibliography. "The Complete Poems" will be the definitive English language collection of Akhmatova for many years to come.