Without End : New and Selected Poems

Zagajewski, Adam; Cavanagh, Clare (TRN); Gorczynski, Renata (TRN); Ivry, Benjamin (TRN); Williams, C. K. (TRN)

ISBN 10: 0374528616 / ISBN 13: 9780374528614

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Without End : New and Selected Poems
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374528616
• ISBN 13: 9780374528614
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

I love to swim in the sea, which keeps
talking to itself
in the monotone of a vagabond
who no longer recalls
exactly how long he's been on the road.
Swimming is like prayer:
palms join and part,
join and part,
almost without end.
--from "On Swimming"

Without End draws from each of Adam Zagajewski's English-language collections, both in and out of print--Tremor, Canvas, and Mysticism for Beginners--and features new work that is among his most refreshing and rewarding. These poems, lucidly translated, share the vocation that allows us, in Zagajewski's words, "to experience astonishment and to stop still in that astonishment for a long moment or two."

About the Author

Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021) was born in Lvov, Poland. His books include Tremor; Canvas; Mysticism for Beginners; Without End; Eternal Enemies; Unseen Hand; Asymmetry; Solidarity, Solitude; Two Cities; Another Beauty; A Defense of Ardor; and Slight Exaggeration―all published by FSG. He lived in Chicago and Kraków.