{"product_id":"markings-by-dag-hammarskjold","title":"'Markings' by Dag Hammarskjöld","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a41ee64-ba8c-83ec-af6f-c73473cd84da-11\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a41ee64-ba8c-83ec-af6f-c73473cd84da-11\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a41ee64-ba8c-83ec-af6f-c73473cd84da-11\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-392\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-15 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"cee4267f-cca9-4e05-a18e-91035753dcc5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"638\"\u003ePublished posthumously after Dag Hammarskjöld's death in 1961, \u003cem data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"181\"\u003eMarkings\u003c\/em\u003e is neither autobiography nor philosophy in any conventional sense. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eW. H. Auden recognised that this was not a politician's memoir but a work of literature, and his translation with Leif Sjöberg remains the standard English edition.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"638\"\u003eIt is the private spiritual journal of a man who spent his public life as Secretary-General of the United Nations while quietly conducting an exacting interior dialogue with himself. Written across more than three decades, these fragments, poems, aphorisms and prayers trace a relentless attempt to live ethically within political power without surrendering to ambition, vanity or despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"1226\"\u003eIts reputation as a book of wisdom has sometimes obscured how strange and demanding it really is. Hammarskjöld writes in compressed flashes that owe as much to Christian mysticism, the Stoics, Meister Eckhart and Zen as they do to modern poetry. The entries refuse consolation. Again and again they return to self-scrutiny, discipline, silence, sacrifice and the difficult distinction between humility and self-abasement. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1494\"\u003eA remarkable companion for readers of Simone Weil, Thomas Merton, Etty Hillesum or Pascal, and for anyone interested in how an inner life survives the demands of history. Few books so convincingly demonstrate that spiritual writing can also be psychologically acute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"1664\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaber paperback edition, 1975 reprint (first published in English, 1964). Translated by W. H. Auden and Leif Sjöberg, with a foreword by Auden. Very good condition. Moderate shelf wear and rubbing to the wraps with light toning to the pages. Binding remains tight and sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45842947145811,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-20T100131.732.png?v=1784505920","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/markings-by-dag-hammarskjold","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}