View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems - Couverture souple

Szymborska, Wislawa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156002167 ISBN 13 : 9780156002165

Editeur : Mariner Books, 1995

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].

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0156002167
• ISBN 13: 9780156002165
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 224