Mysticism for Beginners

Zagajewski, Adam. Translated by Clare Cavanagh

ISBN 10: 0374217653 / ISBN 13: 9780374217655

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1997

About this Item

vii, 70 pp. Fine, with only the slightest wear at head and heel of spine; jacket handled, edgeworn. First edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mysticism for Beginners
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374217653
• ISBN 13: 9780374217655
• Binding: Cloth-Backed Boards
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

Powerful New work by a modern master.

You must listen, listen, listen.
Tired springs breathe under water.
At four in the morning
the last, lonely bolt of lightning
scribbles something quickly in the sky.
It says "No." Or "Never."
Or "Take courage, the fire's not dead."
-from "The Last Storm"

Mysticism for Beginners is the third and most beautiful of Adam Zagajewski's collections to appear in English. The poems are about nature, history, the life of cities, the transformations of art, the spiritual essence of everyday life. Their remarkable staying power derives from the gentle meditative authority of Zagajewski's voice, here expertly rendered into English by Clare Cavanagh. Zagajewski's committed, compassionate poems offer access to the mysteries at the heart of experience.

About the Author

Adam Zagajewski was born in Lvov, Poland, in 1945. His previous books, all published by FSG, include Tremor (1985) and Canvas (1991), both poetry, and Two Cities (1995), a collection of essays.