{"product_id":"9781466855649","title":"Diary of One Who Vanished: A Song Cycle by Leos Janacek of Poems by Ozef Kalda","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Cycle of Love Songs Translated by the Nobel Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dappled woodland light,\u003cbr\u003eSpring well chill and bright,\u003cbr\u003eEyes like stars at night,\u003cbr\u003eOpen knees so white.\u003cbr\u003eFour things death itself won't cover,\u003cbr\u003eUnforgettable forever.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1917, while reading his local newspaper, the Czech composer Leos Janacek discovered the poems that he was to set to music in his song cycle \u003ci\u003eDiary of One Who Vanished\u003c\/i\u003e. Written by Ozef Kalda and published anonymously, they tell the story of a farmer's boy who abandons his home because he has fallen in love with a Gypsy. These new English versions by Seamus Heaney were commissioned by the English National Opera for a series of international performances, which opened in Dublin in October 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141302567152,"sku":"9781466855649","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466855649_p0.jpg?v=1769891504","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466855649","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}