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1	Monologue of a Dog more books like this by Wislawa Szymborska, Stanislaw Baranczak (Translator), Clare Cavanagh (Translator) As Billy Collins puts it in his foreword, Nobelist Wislawa Szymborska's poetry is "plain-spoken and mysterious at the same time." Beginning with the moving title poem (actually, "Monologue of a Dog Ensnared in History," a political allegory), this slender collection showcases Szymborska's appeal: her wit, her compassion, and her ability to ... see all copies from £8.79! new only from £8.79! \| first editions
2	Poems New and Collected more books like this by Wislawa Szymborska, Wisawa Szymborska, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) Described by Robert Hass as "unquestionably one of the great living European poets" and by Charles Simic as "one of the finest poets living today," Szymborska mesmerizes her readers with poetry that captivates their minds and captures their hearts. This is the book that her many fans have been anxiously awaiting-the definitive, complete collection ... see all copies from £11.12! new only from £11.12!
3	Nonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces more books like this by Wisawa Szymborska, Clare Cavanagh (Translator), Wislawa Szymborska Reflecting Poland's Nobel Laureate'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. see all copies from £7.82! new only from £20.02! \| first editions
4	Poems New and Collected: 1957-1997 more books like this by Wisawa Szymborska, Clare Cavanagh (Translator), Stanislaw Baranczak (Translator) This definitive edition of Szymborska' s poetry in English includes the 100 poems in View with a Grain of Sand as well as sixty-four newly translated poems and her 1996 Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Translated by Stanislaw Bara nczak and Clare Cavanagh. see all copies from £8.02! new only from £21.88! \| first editions
5	Another Beauty more books like this by Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) This memoir is Adam Zagajewski's recollection of 1960s and 1970s communist Poland, where he was a fledgling writer, student of philosophy, and vocal dissident at the university in Krakow, Poland's most beautiful and ancient city. see all copies from £5.40! new only from £12.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Without End: New and Selected Poems more books like this by Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh (Translator), Renata Gorczynski (Translator) The best work of one of Poland's greatest younger poets"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"This selection draws from Adam ... see all copies from £9.31! new only from £10.54! \| first editions
7	A Defense of Ardor more books like this by Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) Ardor, inspiration, the soul, the sublime: Such terms have long since fallen from favor among critics and artists alike. In his new collection of essays, Adam Zagajewski continues his efforts to reclaim for art not just the terms but the scanted spiritual dimension of modern human existence that they stake out. Bringing gravity and grace to his ... see all copies from £5.40! new only from £10.36! \| first editions
8	A Defense of Ardor: Essays more books like this by Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) Ardor, inspiration, the soul, the sublime: Such terms have long since fallen from favor among critics and artists alike. In his new collection of essays, Adam Zagajewski continues his efforts to reclaim for art not just the terms but the scanted spiritual dimension of modern human existence that they stake out. Bringing gravity and grace to his ... see all copies from £6.08! new only from £6.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Eternal Enemies more books like this by Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) "The highway became the Red Sea. We moved through the storm like a sheer valley. You drove; I looked at you with love."" --from "Storm" "One of the most gifted and readable poets of his time, Adam Zagajewski is proving to be a contemporary classic. Few writers in either poetry or prose can be said to have attained the lucid intelligence and ... see all copies from £11.99! new only from £12.16!
10	Mysticism for Beginners more books like this by Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) This is the third book of poems by the Polish poet, Adam Zagajewski, which has been published in English. Zagajewski was born in 1945 in Poland, where he studied philosophy before emigrating to Paris in 1981. For part of every year he teaches at the University of Houston, USA. see all copies from £3.00! new only from £9.23!
11 view cover	Polish Poetry of the Last Two Decades of Communist Rule OSI: Spoiling Cannibals Fun more books like this by Stanislaw Baranczak (Editor), Clare Cavanagh (Editor) This comprehensive volume includes work from virtually every major Polish poet active during the past twenty years, drawing from both 'official' and underground sources. see all copies from £6.08! new only from £17.96! \| first editions
12 view cover	Mysticism for Beginners: Poems more books like this by Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) Set mostly in Europe, these landscape-inflected lyrics work through the question of belief's place in a world governed by appearances and fleeting impressions, where the poet frequently offers only "a quick poem instead of a hymn." The Los Angeles Times chose this as one of the best books of poetry of 1998. see all copies from £14.57! new only from £18.24!
13 view cover	Osip Mandelstam and the Modernist Creation of Tradition more books like this by Clare Cavanagh This study places the Russian poet's invention of a poetic past in the context of modernist writing in general, with particular attention to the works of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. It shows how he addressed Russia's legacy of disinheritance by inventing a challenging vision of tradition. see all copies from £24.32!
14	Polish Poetry of the Last Two Decades of Communist Rule: Spoiling Cannibals' Fun more books like this by Stanislaw Baranczak (Editor), Clare Cavanagh (Editor), Stanisaw Baranczak see all copies from £26.01! new only from £33.10! \| first editions
15	Poems : new and collected, 1957-1997 more books like this by Wislawa Szymborska, Stanislaw Baranczak, Clare Cavanagh Wislawa Szymborska is one of the greatest li ving European poets. Along with 100 poems from View with a G rain of Sand, this collection includes 64 newly translated p oems and her 1996 Nobel Prize acceptance address ' see all copies from £14.19! first editions

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