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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poemsby Wislawa Szymborska
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From one of Europe' s most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life' s improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, winners of the PEN Translation Prize.
Book News Annotation:The third collection in English by this celebrated Polish poet is
characterized by sight and sentiment edged with irony, as if it were
dangerous to know too well, to feel too deeply. Translated by
Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh. Paper edition (unseen), $12.
(RC)
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:In these 100 poems Wislawa Szymborska portrays a world of astonishing diversity and richness, in which nature is wise and prodigal and fate unpredictable, if not mischievous. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, she documents life's improbability as well as its transient beauty. The ruins of Troy; sunlight gleaming on a pewter jug; birds returning in the spring; the Abominable Snowman lurking in the Himalayas; a body-building contest; a symphony; a macabre laboratory experiment with a decapitated dog; a postcard from a sister who has "much to tell"; the discovery of a new star; the irrationality of love; the infinity of (pi).
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