The Meadow Where Time Stands Still: Selected Poems

A poignant collection of Osip Mandelshtam's poetry, full of a piercing nostalgia for a better world and bearing bitter witness to the cruelty of Stalin's Russia.

“Probably the greatest Russian poet of this century.” – The New York Times

Osip Mandelshtam, arguably the greatest Russian poet of the 20th century, died in a Stalinist prison camp at the age of 47. It was not his first arrest - he had already been imprisoned multiple times, as well as tortured, exiled, and blacklisted for the criti...