Memories Look at Me: A Memoir

Author

Tomas Tranströmer

Original Work

Memories Look at Me

Translator

Robin Fulton

Language

English

Year

2011

Publisher

New Directions

Country

United States

Pages

64

ISBN

9780811220187

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Written a few years after Transtromer suffered a stroke that left him unable to speak, Memories Look at Me is Tomas Tranströmer's lyrical autobiography about growing up in Sweden. His story opens with a streak of light, a comet that becomes a brilliant metaphor for "my life" as he tries to penetrate the earliest, formative memories of his past. This childhood life unfolds itself slowly in eight glistening chapters that gradually reveal the most secret of treasures: how Tranströmer discovered poetry.— Google Books