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THE COLLECTED PROSE 1948-1998 – In English

Name: THE COLLECTED PROSE 1948-1998 - In English
SKU: 9780060723828
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Harper Collins Publishers 2011, 710 pages (hard cover)

Author: Zbigniew Herbert ISBN: 978-00-6072-382-8 Language: English Availability: 7-15 days Year Published: 2011 Categories: BOOKS, Polish Literature (In English)

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“The first collected English edition of his prose work, this outstanding volume consists of four books – Labyrinth on the Sea, Still Life with a Bridle, King of the Ants, and Barbarian in the Garden. Brilliant and erudite, dazzling and witty, these essays survey the geography of humanity, its achievements and its foibles. From Western civilization’s past, as witnessed through the Greek and Roman landscape, to musings on the artistic that celebrate the author’s discriminating eye, poetic sensibility, and gift for irony, humor, and the absurd; from a sage retelling of myths and tales that became twentieth-century philosophical parables of human behavior to thoughts on art, culture, and history inspired by journeys in France, Italy, and the Netherlands, Collected Prose is a rich compendium that celebrates the mastery and wisdom of a remarkable artist”.