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Essays--ostensibly on books--from her newspaper column by the Nobel laureate Wislawa Szymborska manage to cover such topics as deer hunting, Jung, wax museums, Disney, Czelaw Milosz, Dale Carnegie, birds, and fairy tales.
| Size | | Length: | 256 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 14.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Glorious distillations of a capacious mind and heart."
Kirkus Reviews (08/15/2002)
"Witty, provocative, eccentric and voraciously inquisitive....The essays are seamlessly translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh."
New York Times Book Review - Natalya Sukhonos (10/20/2002)
"Informal, unpretentious, full of common sense, shrewd insight and wry humor (all ably captured in Clare Cavanagh's fine translation), Szymborska's sketches have a matter-of-fact ease and simplicity that will win the hearts of readers and the envy of other writers who know how hard it can be to achieve such grace. As one reads this chronologically arranged selection, which begins in 1968, one is struck by the unwavering humanity and compassion of this woman's voice. Whether she is considering books on birds, Neanderthals, fossils, tyrants or extraterrestrial life, Szymborska's great gift is her ability to see straight through to the essentials."
Los Angeles Times - Merle Rubin (12/08/2002)
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