A Hand Full of Water

Water is the element that connects two shores, flows between and around countries; and the element that belongs to nobody.

About the author

Tzveta Sofronieva: A physicist and historian of science by training, Tzveta Sofronieva is the author of nine collections of poetry. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, she settled in Berlin, Germany in 1992.
A Hand Full of Water was published in German in 2008. She is currently the Max Kade Writer-in-Residence at MIT in Boston.
Chantal Wright: Chantal Wright is Assistant Professor of German and Translation at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her translation of Tzveta Sofronieva's Eine Hand voll Wasser (A Hand Full of Water) was supported by an award from PEN American Center's 2009 translation fund.

Summary

Water is the element that connects two shores, flows between and around countries; and the element that belongs to nobody.

Foreword

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Product details

• Authors: Tzveta Sofronieva
• Assisted by: Chantal Wright (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2012
• EAN: 9781935210375
• ISBN: 978-1-935210-37-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Weight: 171 g
• Series: Cliff Becker Book Prize in Tra; Cliff Becker Book Prize in Tra
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies