| Nonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces Contributor(s): Szymborska, Wislawa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0151006601 ISBN-13: 9780151006601 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - General - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 028.1 |
| LCCN: 2002002440 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.00 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Szymborska, Wislawa: - 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. Cavanagh, Clare: - CLARE CAVANAGH, professor of Slavic and comparative literature at Northwestern, has received a PEN Translation Award for her work, with Stanislaw Baranczak, on Szymborska's poetry. |