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Nonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces

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Availability:In StockContributor:Wislawa SzymborskaPublish date:10/28/2002Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ecco PressISBN-13:9780151006601ISBN-10:151006601UPC:9780151006601Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, Women AuthorsBook Topic:EasternAward:2003 Literary Award Nominee - Translation AwardSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC7VWT6Z0M

"She's accessible and deeply human and a joy--though it is a dark kind of joy--to read... She is a poet to live with." - Robert Hass, The Washington Post Book World

Wislawa Szymborska's poems are admired around the world, and her unsparing vision, tireless wit, and deep sense of humanity are cherished by countless readers. Unknown to most of them, however, Szymborska, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title "Nonrequired Reading."

As readers of her poems would expect, the short prose pieces collected here are anything but ordinary. Reflecting the author's own eclectic tastes and interests, the pretexts for these ruminations range from books on wallpapering, cooking, gardening, and yoga, to more lofty volumes on opera and world literature. Unpretentious yet incisive, these charming pieces are on a par with Szymborska's finest lyrics, tackling the same large and small questions with a wonderful curiosity.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Ecco PressISBN-13:9780151006601ISBN-10:151006601UPC:9780151006601Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, Women AuthorsBook Topic:EasternAward:2003 Literary Award Nominee - Translation AwardSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC7VWT6Z0M
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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.

Publisher: Ecco Press

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🏆 2003 Literary Award Nominee - Translation Award

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