View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems

Wislawa Szymborska

ISBN 10: 0156002167 / ISBN 13: 9780156002165

Published by Harcourt Brace, 1995

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Stated First Edition. Winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Literature. Pristine, clean & tight copy, unread in AS NEW condition. "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."[]"VIEW WITH A GRAIN OF SAND is by far the best introduction to the Polish writer, conveying not only the fantastic lightness of her touch but the entire worlds she manages to pack into, as it were, a grain of sand. Miniscule wonders are her specialty, such as the tableau she records in 'Miracle Fair': 'The usual miracle: / invisible dogs barking / in the dead of night. / One of many miracles: / a small and airy cloud / is able to upstage the massive moon.'" Wonderful selection of this essential poet, quite presentable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156002167
• ISBN 13: 9780156002165
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

A remarkable, graceful collection from one of Europe’s most prominent and celebrated poets.

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.

"Wislawa Szymborska is not only one of the finest poets living today, but also one of the most readable. In these dazzling new translations Baranczak and Cavanaugh convey the full range of her wit and humor in poems that read as if they were written in English.” -Charles Simic

About the Author

WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA (1923–2012) was born in Poland and worked as a poetry editor, translator, and columnist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. Her books include View with a Grain of Sand, Here, The Acrobat, Monologue of a Dog, and Map: Collected and Last Poems, and Poems New and Collected: 1957–1997.