Ashes for Breakfast

Download or read book Ashes for Breakfast written by Durs Grünbein and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-01-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grünbein is the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany, a place where, he wrote, "the best refuge was a closed mouth." In unsettling, often funny, sometimes savage lines whose vivid images reflect his deep love for and connection with the visual arts, Grunbein is reinventing German poetry and taking on the most pressing moral concerns of his generation. Brilliantly edited and translated by the English poet Michael Hofmann, Ashes for Breakfast expertly introduces Germany's most highly acclaimed contemporary poet to American readers.