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View with a Grain of Sand - by Wislawa Szymborska (Paperback)

View with a Grain of Sand - by  Wislawa Szymborska (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE<br/>A remarkable, graceful collection from one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE<br/>A remarkable, graceful collection from one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets.<br/><br/></b>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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).

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