These twenty-seven poems consider life on earth, from the microbe
to the apocalypse. Along the way they take in, among other objects
of study, the human teenager, divorce, Ella Fitzgerald, Vermeer's
Milkmaid, dreams, traffic accidents, Greek statues, television
miniseries, the vagaries of memory, Madame Atropos, and even poetry
writing. A book to treasure, from a virtuoso of form, line, and
thought.
PRAISE FOR WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
"Accessible and deeply human . . . A poet to live with." --Robert
Hass
"She teaches us how the world defies and evades the names we give
it." --Edward Hirsch
"A subtle, even a subversive muse of vulnerability and a great
European poet." --Richard Howard
"Satisfying and original . . . Extremely smart, witty, and
levelheaded, Szymborska] seduces us with her wide range of
interests, her atypical lack of narcissism for a poet, and her
cheerful pessimism." --Charles Simic
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