Without End: New and Selected Poems Contributor(s): Adam, Zagajewski (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374528616 ISBN-13: 9780374528614 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2003 Annotation: "I love to swim in the sea, which keeps" "talking to itself" "in the monotone of a vagabond" "who no longer recalls " "exactly how long he' s been on the road. " "Swimming is like prayer: " "palms join and part, " "join and part, " "almost without end." --from "On Swimming" "Without End" draws from each of Adam Zagajewski's English-language collections, both in and out of print--"Tremor, Canvas, "and "Mysticism for Beginners--"and features new work that is among his most refreshing and rewarding. These poems, lucidly translated, share the vocation that allows us, in Zagajewski's words, "to experience astonishment and to stop still in that astonishment for a long moment or two." |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
Dewey: 891.851 |
LCCN: 2001040252 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" L (0.80 lbs) 304 pages |
Features: Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: New York Times 03/23/2003 pg. 24 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: I love to swim in the sea, which keeps Without End draws from each of Adam Zagajewski's English-language collections, both in and out of print--Tremor, Canvas, and Mysticism for Beginners--and features new work that is among his most refreshing and rewarding. These poems, lucidly translated, share the vocation that allows us, in Zagajewski's words, "to experience astonishment and to stop still in that astonishment for a long moment or two." |
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