Another Beauty

Zagajewski, Adam; Cavanagh, Clare (Transl.)

ISBN 10: 0374176523 / ISBN 13: 9780374176525

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2000

About this Item

First US edition, hardcover, has a mild skew to the binding, very light bumps to the spine ends, and a hint of smudging to the edges of the text block. Overall, a solid, tight, Very Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has slight bumps to the spine ends and corners, a touch of wear to the edges, and faint sunning to the spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Seller Inventory # 205078

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Another Beauty
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374176523
• ISBN 13: 9780374176525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First US Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Memoir
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

A poet describes coming of age in Communist Poland while the Party is losing power and the opposition grows in strength.

Review

""Another Beauty", a wise, iridescent book . . . dips in and out of many genres: coming-of-age-memoir, commonplace book, aphoristic musings, vignettes and portraits, and defense of poetry--that is, a defense of the idea of literary greatness."--Susan Sontag, from the foreword

"Full of pithy and compelling observations on art and society, of luminous descriptions of Krakow and Paris . . . this is a book to be read once through and returned to often."--"Booklist"

"While the absence of apocalypse suggests that Zagajewski has moved beyond the avant-garde, the incredible variety and intricacy of his prose make clear that he is still in the midst of his own quiet revolution."--John Palattella, "Dissent"

"A remarkable document, notable for both its literary acuity and its ability to evoke the experience of growing up in a police state, in a culture that is dreary and surreal by turns, where, as [Zagajewski] puts it, 'the Zeitgeist chisels our thoughts and mocks our dreams.'"--"Chicago Tribune"

"Another Beauty," a wise, iridescent book . . . dips in and out of many genres: coming-of-age-memoir, commonplace book, aphoristic musings, vignettes and portraits, and defense of poetry--that is, a defense of the idea of literary greatness.--Susan Sontag "from the foreword "

A remarkable document, notable for both its literary acuity and its ability to evoke the experience of growing up in a police state, in a culture that is dreary and surreal by turns, where, as [Zagajewski] puts it, 'the Zeitgeist chisels our thoughts and mocks our dreams.'--"Chicago Tribune"

Full of pithy and compelling observations on art and society, of luminous descriptions of Krakow and Paris . . . this is a book to be read once through and returned to often.--"Booklist"

While the absence of apocalypse suggests that Zagajewski has moved beyond the avant-garde, the incredible variety and intricacy of his prose make clear that he is still in the midst of his own quiet revolution.--John Palattella ""Dissent" "