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Asymmetry: poems

By Adam , Cavanagh , Clare;Zagajewski

Book information

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Year
2018
ISBN
9780374715267, 0374715262
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1183501 bytes)
Edition
First American edition
Pages
77 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

A stunning new collection from Poland's leading poet Give me back my childhood, republic of loquacious sparrows, measureless thickets of nettles and the timid wood owl's nightly sobs. One of the most vibrant voices of our time, Adam Zagajewski is a modern master of the poetic form. In Asymmetry, his first collection of poems in five years, he revisits the themes that have long concerned him: the enduring imprint of history, the beauty of nature, the place of the exile. Though as sanguine as ever, Zagajewski often turns to elegy in this deeply powerful collection, remembering loved ones he's lost: a hairdresser, the philosopher Krzystzof Michalski, and, most poignantly, his parents. A moving reflection on family, the sublimity of everyday life, death, and happiness, Asymmetry is a magnificent distillation of an astounding poetic voice.

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