{"product_id":"view-with-a-grain-of-sand-selected-poems-by-wislawa-szymborska","title":"'View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems' by Wisława Szymborska","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\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\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--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 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 dir=\"auto\" 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\" 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\u003cp\u003eA generous selection from Wisława Szymborska, one of the great poets of the twentieth century and winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Her poems begin with apparently modest things — a grain of sand, a museum object, a bodybuilder, a photograph, an animal, a historical anecdote — and then prise them open until questions of chance, death, history, knowledge and human absurdity start leaking out. She is philosophical without ever becoming heavy-handed: dry, exact, sceptical, very funny, and unusually good at making huge ideas arrive disguised as small observations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eView with a Grain of Sand\u003c\/em\u003e gathers poems from across several decades of Szymborska’s work and was the first substantial English selection to show the breadth of her writing. It includes pieces such as “Brueghel’s Two Monkeys,” “Museum,” “The Tower of Babel,” “The Acrobat” and “Bodybuilders’ Contest.” The translations by Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh are the pair most closely associated with establishing Szymborska’s English-language reputation. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaber and Faber, London, 1996. First British edition. Paperback. Translated from the Polish by Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh. Light shelf wear and minor handling marks to covers; faint rubbing to edges and corners. Internally clean and unmarked; binding firm. Very good condition.\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":46037943353427,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation_80.png?v=1787816452","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/view-with-a-grain-of-sand-selected-poems-by-wislawa-szymborska","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}