Come Close (edition 2015)

by Sappho (Author)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
142	3	159,855	(3.72)	None
'Yes, we did many things, then - all Beautiful ...'Lyrical, powerful poems about love, sexuality, sun-soaked Greece and the gods.Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.… (more)

▾Book information

Member:	Sapphisticated
Title:	Come Close
Authors:	Sappho (Author)
Info:	PENGUIN GROUP (2015), 60 pages
Collections:	Your library
Rating:
Tags:	None

Work Information

Come Close by Sappho

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

LibrarianLawrence, SophievL, FlaFlaMonteiro, Radclyffe, ethanstokes97, padarber, PSParks, ironjaw

numbers

show all

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 3 of 3

Full review to come! (

)

Floratina | Dec 7, 2019 |

This is probably my favorite of the Penguin Little Black Classics so far. It's been far too long since I'd read any Sappho, I'd forgotten just how wonderful her voice is, how beautiful and provocative her poems are. A wonderful rediscovery. (

)

greeniezona | Dec 6, 2017 |

Incomplete but moving and so eternal in the sentiments expressed (

)

SashaM | Apr 20, 2016 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 3 of 3

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Sappho	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Poochigian, Aaron	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Publisher Series

80 Penguin Little Black Classics (74)

Penguin Little Black Classics (074)

Is contained in

Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments (Penguin Classics) by Sappho

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

570 BCE

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Awards and honors

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Ancient Greek

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

'Yes, we did many things, then - all Beautiful ...'Lyrical, powerful poems about love, sexuality, sun-soaked Greece and the gods.Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary

Add to Your books

Add to wishlist