Nonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces

Szymborska, Wislawa

ISBN 10: 0151006601 / ISBN 13: 9780151006601

Published by Harcourt, Inc., New York, 2002

About this Item

Smaller octavo. Blue boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on the spine. Book has light bumping at the head and tail of the spine with a trace of accompanying rubbing at the tail. Light blue, marble patterned endpapers. Previous owner's name written on the half title page. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 233 pages. Dust Jacket - has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the tail of the spine - jacket is otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. A lovely copyt. Szymborska is the winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Literature. Seller Inventory # 012441

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces

Publisher: Harcourt, Inc., New York

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG+

Dust Jacket Condition: NF

Edition: First Edition, First Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

Wislawa Szymborska's poems are admired around the world, and her unsparing vision, tireless wit, and deep sense of humanity are cherished by countless readers. Unknown to most of them, however, Szymborska also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title "Nonrequired Reading."
As readers of her poems would expect, the short prose pieces collected here are anything but ordinary. Reflecting the author's own eclectic tastes and interests, the pretexts for these ruminations range from books on wallpapering, cooking, gardening, and yoga, to more lofty volumes on opera and world literature. Unpretentious yet incisive, these charming pieces are on a par with Szymborska's finest lyrics, tackling the same large and small questions with a wonderful curiosity.

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Title: Nonrequired Reading( Prose Pieces) <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: WisawaSzymborska <>Publisher: HoughtonMifflin