Sappho : A New Rendering

by Sappho, Leanne Yau (Narrator)

Sappho lies remote from us, beyond the fashions and the ages, beyond sight, almost beyond the wing of Thought, in the world's extremest youth. To thrill the imagination with the vast measure of time between the world of Sappho and the world of the Great War, it is quite useless to express it in years, one must express it in aeons, just as astronomers, dealing with sidereal distances, think, not in miles, but in light years

Genres: Poetry, Audiobook, Classics

Audible Audio

First published April 16, 2013

About the author

Work of Greek lyric poet Sappho, noted for its passionate and erotic celebration of the beauty of young women and men, after flourit circa 600 BC and survives only in fragments.

Ancient history poetry texts associate Sappho (Σαπφώ or Ψάπφω) sometimes with the city of Mytilene or suppose her birth in Eresos, another city, sometime between 630 BC and 612 BC. She died around 570 BC. People throughout antiquity well knew and greatly admired the bulk, now lost, but her immense reputation endured.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho

Reviews

[Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

#ReadHarder2020 Task #8: Audiobook of poetry

I decided to finally read the original lesbian classic, Sappho's poems, for this task. I had heard individual poem fragments by her before but never a full collection. I loved everything about this, especially Yau's narration. It really felt like a window into the life of a woman so chronologically distant from our time, but you felt close from reading -- or in this case, hearing -- her emotions on this page. This is my first Audible audiobook, but I think this is how I want to consider experiencing poetry from now on. Of course, now I'd also like to get the written version and take my time appreciating Sappho's words.

[dorothy grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

eh, didn’t love the narration, so i’m gonna read my physical edition afterwards and see if my opinions change. don’t think it’s the best translation of sappho though.

[dorothy grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

loved the translation, hated the biography

[Hawraki]

لا يمكنني تقييم هذا الكتاب بإنصاف لأني استمتعت له ككتاب صوتي، وكنت اتشتت في كل مرة، فأعيد أجزاء من الكتاب. أعتقد بأني سأهضم القصائد في هيئتها المقروءة بشكل أفضل. وعلى العموم شعر صافو عذب.

[ducky · Rating 3 out of 5]

i don't know why, as someone who repeatedly says they don't like poetry, decided to read not one, but three poetry books today (this one being the third). though I have to say, i enjoyed this one the most. even though most of the poems in this are fragments of fuller poems since lost to time, the power and emotion that still holds strong is beautiful and impressive. sappho is one powerful and magical lesbian *wink wink*

[moxieBK · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a TERRIBLE rendition on Sappho's works. In fact, it looks like the OCR missed/transformed a lot of words/letters, making a lot of it unreadable. I suggest downloading an example first before buying any edition of this to make sure you are getting a true, pure, well edited version of this book.

Two stars.

[❤ AudiobookRomance ❤ · Rating 3 out of 5]

"This book is essentially all poetry."

It was ok, just not a good fit for me.

The narrator was good. There were good expressions and emphasis of sounds and words. I had a poetry section in my theatre class and it is a lot harder than you might think. You have little amounts of words to create something spectacular.

This title is from ancient Greece and Rome time-frame in history so the phrasing is of that era, which tends to grate on my senses after a time.

Overall I give this 3 of 5 stars!


Audiobook obtained for free at my request and I am voluntarily leaving this unbiased review.

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