Elephant and Marushka (Слоп Ð Ð Ð°Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ ÐºÐ°); The Ugly Cat (Ð ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ñ Ð Ð Ñ Ð Ð Ð¾Ñ )

Brodsky, Joseph; Dmitry Sayenko; James J. Owens

Published by Nikodim Press, St. Petersburg, 2021

About this Item

OBlong folio, 7 by 19 inches. Thick boards with an illustration of Marushka on the upper board; cloth spine; string ties. Finely printed by Ukrainian-born Dmitry Sayenko on paper he made for this title, and with his illustrations in color taken directly from the blocks. A fine copy, one of 16 numbered copies signed by the illustrator and translator; this is copy No. 3. In the publisher's slipcase The two poems are from Brodsky's early works. The first, from 1962, tells of a circus elephant who is frightened to death by a mouse and needs his friend, Marushka the cat, to capture the mouse and save him. The second poem, from 1857, tells of a poor old lonely cat, unloved. Brodsky's original Russian is printed along with a new translation by James J. Owens, made for this edition, and which captures the meter and rhyme of Brodsky's original. . Seller Inventory # 21999

Bibliographic Details

Title: Elephant and Marushka (Слоп Ð Ð Ð°Ñ Ñ Ñ ...

Publisher: Nikodim Press, St. Petersburg

Publication Date: 2021

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: Limited edition.