Written a few years after Transtromer suffered a stroke that left him unable tospeak, <em>Memories Look at Me</em> is Tomas Tranströmer's lyrical autobiography aboutgrowing up in Sweden. His story opens with a streak of light, a comet that becomesa brilliant metaphor for “my life” as he tries to penetrate the earliest, formativememories of his past. This childhood life unfolds itself slowly in eight glisteningchapters that gradually reveal the most secret of treasures: how Tranströmerdiscovered poetry.