冰雪的声音：瑞典当代诗歌精选，ISBN：9787532117871，作者：李笠编译

'Genius . . . bringing ardent intelligence to bear upon poetry, politics and autobiography' Seamus Heaney Essayist and poet Joseph Brodsky was one of the most penetrating voices of the twentieth century. This prize-winning collection of his diverse essays includes uniquely powerful appreciations of great writers: on Dostoevsky and the development of Russian prose, on Auden and Akhmatova, Cavafy, Montale and Mandelstam. These are contrasted with his reflections on larger themes of tyranny and evil, and subtle evocations of his childhood in Leningrad. Brodsky's insightful appreciation of the intricacies of language, culture and identity connect these works, revealing his remarkable gifts as a prose writer. 'Sparkles with intellect, and combines the precision of scholarship with the passion of the poet' The Times Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

In this richly diverse collection of essays, Joseph Brodsky casts a reflective eye on his experiences of early life in Russia and exile in America. With dazzling erudition, he explores subjects as varied as the dynamic of poetry, the nature of history and the plight of the emigre writer. There is also the humorous tale of a disastrous trip to Brazil, advice to students, a homage to Marcus Aurelius and studies of Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, Horace and others. The second volume of essays following "Less Than One", this collection includes Brodsky's 1987 Nobel Lecture, 'Uncommon Visage'.

布罗茨基不爱张扬自己，除了本书提到的他那两篇关于早年生活的回忆性散文《小于一》和《在一间半房子里》，他几乎没有留下任何自传；在美、俄和欧洲其他国家，至今也都不曾出版布罗茨基的传记或评传。缺少相关的资料，给本书的写作带来了一些困难，但这同时也给本书作者提供了更大的写作空间。布罗茨基在不同的场合多次说过：“诗就是诗人的传记”，“诗就是其作者的自画像”，“诗中具有一切的回声”。我们试图通过对布罗茨基诗歌作品的解读，来认识诗人，理解他的创作，因此，本书作者在这里较多地引用了布罗茨基的作品，较多地对这些作品进行了赏析，较多地对布罗茨基的诗学观念和美学思想进行了梳理和概括。