The fire was here : poems about mothers and children / Anna Enquist ; translated and with an introduction by David Colmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enquist, Anna

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Hier was Vuur. English

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Enquist, Anna--Translations into English.

Enquist, Anna.

Dutch poetry--20th century--Translations into English.

Dutch poetry.

Mother and child--Poetry.

Mother and child.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii, 99 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First English language edition.

Place of Publication:

New Milford, CT. : Toby Press, 2003.

Language Note:

Text In English and Dutch.

Summary:

Anna Enquist, psychoanalyst, musician, and writer, has published five collections of poetry in her native Holland and across Europe. All have achieved great popular and critical success. Much of Enquist's poetry is autobiographical; the three themes of her adult life--music, psychology and motherhood--are treated often and in depth, and personal details are common. Enquist has said that although the pressure of family life extinguished any hopes of becoming a professional pianist, nothing has made her as happy as motherhood, and this collection takes us to the heart of Enquist's world, for these are poems about mothers and children. "The Fire was Here is the first selection of Enquist's poetry available in English; the poems have been drawn from all five collections and are reproduced in chronological order.

Notes:

"Originally published as: Hier was vuur.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

1902881818

OCLC:

53197064