In the new second volume of Brodsky Through the Eyes of His
Contemporaries, the collection of interviews features eye-witness
accounts of Joseph Brodsky's friends and family members, publishers,
editors, translators, students, and fellow poets including John Le
Carre, Oleg Tselkov, Petr Vail, Bengt Jangfeldt, Susan Sontag, Seamus
Heaney, Derek Walcott, and others. This collection of 40 interviews
illuminates an intriguing contemporary phenomenon and affords a
fascinating insight into the American literary scene. Continuing the
discussion begun in the first volume, this series of interviews contains
important discussions on the style, ideas, and personality of one of the
most brilliant and paradoxical poets of our time. Subtle, incisive, and
rigorous in its critical evaluation, each discussion significantly
advances our understanding of Brodsky's complex poetic world. All
discussions are linked by core questions that are carefully and
sometimes provocatively formulated. The interviews are published
together with many unique photographs from the private archives of the
author and the interviewees.