Poems of Anna Andreevna Akhmatova Social Scientists & Psychologists " is a surreal region

" is a surreal region that grotesquely mimics the quotidian: Is that river the Thames

referencing classical Chinese tales and ghost stories that are at turns sensual

and someone wants to take the Villain--and his entire nefarious empire--out

"--Matt Haig

Poems of Anna Andreevna Akhmatova Social Scientists & Psychologists " is a surreal regionIn her finely crafted translations Coffin has been uniquely successful in reproducing the directness and striking effects characteristic of Akhmatova's poetry, and she is the first to remain true to Akhmatova's rhyme and cadence. The poems are prefaced by a thoughful introduction by the poet Joseph Brodsky, a friend of Akhmatova in her later years.