{"product_id":"here-paperback","title":"Here - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWislawa Szymborska\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"delectable and profound\" collection of poems from Nobel Prize-winner Szymborska (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eHere\u003c\/em\u003e was published in Poland, reviewers marveled, \"How is it that she keeps getting better?\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese twenty-seven poems, as rendered by prize-winning translators Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak, are among her greatest ever. Whether writing about her teenage self, microscopic creatures, or the upsides to living on Earth, she remains a virtuoso of form, line, and thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the title poem: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI can't speak for elsewhere, \u003cbr\u003ebut here on Earth we've got a fair supply of everything. \u003cbr\u003eHere we manufacture chairs and sorrows, \u003cbr\u003escissors, tenderness, transistors, violins, teacups, dams, and quips. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike nowhere else, or almost nowhere, \u003cbr\u003eyou're given your own torso here, \u003cbr\u003eequipped with the accessories required\u003cbr\u003efor adding your own children to the rest.\u003cbr\u003eNot to mention arms, legs, and astonished head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new book of poems by Wislawa Szymborska is an occasion to celebrate. These twenty-seven poems consider life on earth, from the microbe to the apocalypse. Along the way they take in, among other objects of study, the human teenager, divorce, Ella Fitzgerald, Vermeer s Milkmaid, dreams, traffic accidents, Greek statues, TV miniseries, the vagaries of memory, Madame Atropos, and even poetry writing. A book to treasure, from a virtuoso of form, line, and thought. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Praise for Wislawa Szymborska \u003cbr\u003e\" She teaches us how the world defies and evades the names we give it. Edward Hirsch \u003cbr\u003e Accessible and deeply human A poet to live with. Robert Hass \u003cbr\u003e A subtle, even a subversive muse of vulnerability and a great European poet. Richard Howard \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWISLAWA SZYMBORSKA has worked as an editor, translator, and columnist, though she is best known as a poet. In 1996, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45176760795215,"sku":"9780547592091","price":16.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/8328\/0463\/files\/MDZpMWgzOUdkSlJHZjJ5ajRmSWs0QT09.webp?v=1778198315","url":"https:\/\/easonbooks.com\/products\/here-paperback","provider":"EasonBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}