Originally published in Poland in 1948, and acclaimed as one of the finest postwar Polish novels, Ashes and Diamonds takes place in the spring of 1945, as the nation is in the throes of its transformation to People' Poland. Communists, socialists, and nat
"We live, as we dream--alone," Conrad revealed in "Heart of Darkness." This novel by Tadeusz Konwicki, a Pole writing in his own language, is an extension of the theme of dream and life and their interlocking realities, and man's attempt to come to meanin
In these 100 poems Wisława Szymborska portrays a world of astonishing diversity and richness, in which nature is wise and prodigal and fate unpredictable, if not mischevious. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiousity, she documents life's improb
From a writer whom Charles Simic calls "one of the finest poets living" comes a collection of witty, compassionate, contemplative, and always surprising poems. Szymborska writes with verve about everything from love unremembered to keys mislaid in the gra
A new collected volume from the Nobel Prize–winning poet that includes, for the first time in English, all of the poems from her last Polish collectionOne of Europe’s greatest recent poets is also its wisest, wittiest, and most accessible. Nobel Prize
An exciting collection of poems by Wislawa Szymborska. When Here was published in Poland, reviewers marveled, “How is it that she keeps getting better?” These twenty-seven poems, as rendered by prize-winning translators Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Ba
Ocalone w tłumaczeniu jest fundamentalnym dziełem Stanisława Barańczaka, niezastąpionym przewodnikiem dla studentów, tłumaczy i miłośników poezji. Książka stanowi "Teorię Maksymalizmu Translatorskiego" autora mierzącego się z dawną i wspó
Co zrobić gdy ma umrzeć ukochana osoba. Okłamywać ją czy jej o tym powiedzieć. Żadne rozwiązanie nie będzie idealne, ale na coś trzeba się zdecydować. Krótka nowela mówi nam o sile uczuć i o nieuchronności losu.
