Ashes for Breakfast Selected Poems

Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Gru nbein 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.Grunbein, Durs is the author of 'Ashes for Breakfast Selected Poems', published 2006 under ISBN 9780374530136 and ISBN 0374530130.