Book cover for The Ratcatcher: A Lyrical Satire by Marina Tsvetaeva

The Ratcatcher

A Lyrical Satire

2000 Released
123 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Northwestern University PressISBN 9780810118164
Translated by Angela Livingstone
Winner of 2000 Heldt Translation Prize

The Ratcatcher, Marina Tsvetaeva's masterpiece, is a satirical version of the Pied Piper of Hamelin legend in the form of a complex narrative poem that bears all the marks of Tsvetaeva's poetic style. Written in 1926, it was not available in Russia until 1965, and has hitherto been virtually unknown in English.

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