View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems (Paperback, 1st ed)

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).

General

Imprint:	Harvest Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1995
First published:	May 1995
Authors:	'Wislawa Szymborska
Translators:	Stanislaw Baranczak • Clare Cavanagh
Dimensions:	209 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	214
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-15-600216-5
Subtitles:	Polish
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-15-600216-7
Barcode:	9780156002165

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