Dinner with Catherine the Great
Poems
- Publisher
- Exile Editions
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2012
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550961195
- Publish Date
- Apr 2012
- List Price
- $17.95
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Description
Providing a rare and creative sense of authority’s various faces, this collection of poems travels from intellectual and artistic power to philosophical, military, and imperial power; and above all, personal influence. The verse introduces the persuasiveness, complexities, and intrigues of “table talk”—a European tradition of informed and enlightened conversation that has virtually disappeared from the experience of North American culture. Commanding and informed in their own sense of purpose, these pieces evince a gentle curiosity for greatness, creating an engaging portrait of simple humanity, powerful minds, and memorable ideas.
About the author
Vladimir Azarov is an architect originally from Moscow. His other books include Graphics of Life, Black Square, My Bestiary, and 26: Letters Poems Pictures. Mr. Azarov lives in Toronto.