Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska

Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska
by Wislawa Szymborska

Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska
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Author: Wislawa Szymborska
Translator: Joanna Trzeciak
Introduction: Czeslaw Milosz
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-11
ISBN: 0393323854
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Book Review: Great Poetry That Is, For The Most Part, Accessible To All.
Summary: 5 Stars

Wislawa Szymborska (pronounced Vis-wah-vah Shim-bor-ska) is one of the few women to win the Nobel Prize. She won it in 1996 for her poetry. What makes her poetry that incredible is that, in simple terms, she is able to convey universal thoughts. Although Szymborska is Polish, her poems are not restricted by Eastern European culture. They are universal. To start, I recommend you read her poem entitled, "Hatred." I showed that one to several people who alleged that they disliked poetry because they could never understand it. However, by showing such poem, each one of those people that I showed that poem to not only understood it, but recognized her genius. This won't be the case for all of her poems, as a few are abstract for the pleasure of abstract thinkers. If you enjoy this collection of poetry, look into Szymborska's other collections of poetry. You won't be disappointed.

Summary of Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska

"Miracle Fair is Szymborska at her very best."?Harvard Book Review

Winner of the Heldt Prize for Translation. A new translation of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, with an introduction by Czeslaw Milosz. This long-awaited volume samples the full range of Wislawa Szymborska's major themes: the ironies of love, the wonders of nature's beauty, and the illusory character of art. Szymborska's voice emerges as that of a gentle subversive, self-deprecating in its wit, yet graced with a gift for coaxing the extraordinary out of the ordinary.

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