For My Beauty They Took My Life

In front of you is a poetic collection of Emily Dickinson, one of the most mysterious and profound figures of 19th-century American literature. In her concise, meaning-rich poems are reflections on life and death, nature and immortality, faith, solitude, and inner freedom.

Translations by Vera Markova and Ekaterina Zvontsova not only preserve the delicate nuances of the original but also convey the musicality and internal tension of Dickinson's poetry. Thanks to the different artistic styles of the translators, the reader receives a multifaceted perception of this poetry - strict and bold, detached and searingly personal.

The collection invites you into a world where familiar words take on unusual depth, and the pause between the lines speaks more than the lines themselves.