Memories Look at Me: A Memoir

Download or read book Memories Look at Me: A Memoir written by Tomas Transtromer and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-17 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomas Tranströmer’s touching memoir. Written a few years after Transtromer suffered a stroke that left him unable to speak, Memories Look at Me is Tomas Tranströmer’s lyrical autobiography about growing up in Sweden. His story opens with a streak of light, a comet that becomes a brilliant metaphor for “my life” as he tries to penetrate the earliest, formative memories of his past. This childhood life unfolds itself slowly in eight glistening chapters that gradually reveal the most secret of treasures: how Tranströmer discovered poetry.