In praise of the unfinished : selected poems / Julia Hartwig ; translated by John and Bogdana Carpen...
In praise of the unfinished : selected poems / Julia Hartwig ; translated by John and Bogdana Carpen...
In praise of the unfinished : selected poems / Julia Hartwig ; translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
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Date
2008.
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N891.8517/9
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English
Polish
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Physical content
ix, 143 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Fortune-Telling from the Seabed -- Return to My Childhood Home -- Philemon and Baucis -- I Will Perform This Miracle for You -- Is That All? -- Old Fashions -- Evergreen -- Tenderness -- My Greetings to a Distant River -- How to Honor a Place -- Translating American Poets -- Winds -- It Poured Stars...
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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"Hailed by Czeslaw Milosz as "the grande dame of Polish poetry" and named "one of the foremost Polish poets of the twentieth century" by Ryszard Kapuscinski, Julia Hartwig has long been considered the gold standard of poetry in her native Poland. With this career-spanning collection, we finally have a book of her work in English."
"The tragic story of the last century flows naturally through Hartwig's poems. She evokes the husbands who returned silent from battle ("What woman was told about the hell at Monte Cassino?") and asks, "Why didn't I dance on the Champs-Elysees / when the crowd cheered the end of the war? ... Why was I fated to be on the main street of Lublin / watc...
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In praise of the unfinished : selected poems / Julia Hartwig ; translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142)
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N891.8517/9
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74VMb6XJPG5O
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0307267202
9780307267207
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891.8517
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991000715399702626
