{"title":"Wislawa Szymborska","description":"\u003cp\u003eWislawa Szymborska's works invite readers into a world where language and thought intertwine with subtle humour and profound insight. Through reflective and often playful verses like those found in \u003cem\u003eSounds, Feelings, Thoughts\u003c\/em\u003e, she explores the intricacies of human experience and perception with remarkable clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer writing, which spans from poetic musings to poetic meditations such as \u003cem\u003eHow to Start Writing (and When to Stop)\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Acrobat\u003c\/em\u003e, captivates lovers of \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e by opening unexpected perspectives on everyday life and the art of expression itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sounds-feelings-thoughts-by-wislawa-szymborska-9780691013800","title":"Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSounds, Feelings, Thoughts\u003c\/em\u003e, translated and introduced by Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire, is regarded as one of the finest examples of the post-World War II Polish poetic tradition. Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012) is described by the translators as \"that rarest of phenomena: a serious poet who commands a large audience in her native land.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis bilingual edition includes seventy poems, providing one of the largest and most representative compilations of her work available in English, with a particular focus on the period since 1967. These poems encapsulate virtually all her major themes and showcase her important techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn describing Szymborska's poetry, Krynski and Maguire highlight its high seriousness, delightful inventiveness, prodigal imagination, and enormous technical skill. Her verse celebrates the diversity, plenitude, and richness of the world, taking delight in observing and naming its phenomena. 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P. from Bialogard exclaims. \"I groan to be an editor,\" Szymborska responds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSzymborska stubbornly insists on poetry's \"prosaic side\": \"Let's take the wings off and try writing on foot, shall we?\" This delightful compilation, translated by the peerless Clare Cavanagh, will delight readers and writers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerhaps you could learn to love in prose\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461010309356,"sku":"9780811229715","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780811229715-how-to-start-writing-and-when-to-stop.jpg?v=1774956590"},{"product_id":"the-acrobat-by-wislawa-szymborska-9780571400737","title":"The Acrobat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pocketable volume presents a fresh introduction to the vivid and surprising work of a Nobel Prize-winning poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ehow cunningly he weaves himself through his own former shape\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cem\u003eand works to seize this swaying world\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cem\u003eby stretching out the arms he has conceived - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ebeautiful beyond belief at this passing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cem\u003eat this very passing moment that's just passed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese intimate, immediate poems were written during the precarious years of Soviet occupation in Poland. 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