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Monologue of a dog : new poems / Wisława Szymborska ; translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak ; foreword by Billy Collins.
Van Pelt Library PG7178.Z9 A2 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Szymborska, Wisława, author.
- Collins, Billy, author of foreword.
- Language:
- English
- Multiple languages
- Polish
- Subjects (All):
- Polish poetry--21st century.
- Polish poetry.
- Szymborska, Wisława--Translations into English.
- Szymborska, Wisława.
- Genre:
- Poetry
- Translations
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 97 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Ecco paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Ecco, 2026.
- Language Note:
- Polish original with English translation.
- Summary:
- "In this collection of contemplative, witty, and always surprising poems, Wislawa Szymborska writes with verve about everything from love unremembered to keys mislaid in the grass, from small-scale naughtiness to the happiness of skating on thin ice, from the district firemen's ball to the cosmos."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Monologue of a dog ensnared in history
- Moment
- Among the multitudes
- Clouds
- Negative
- Receiver
- The three oddest words
- The silence of plants
- Plato or why
- A little girl tugs at the tablecloth
- A memory
- Puddles
- First love
- A few words on the soul
- Early hour
- In the park
- A contribution to statistics
- Some people
- Photograph from September 11
- Return baggage
- The ball
- A note
- List
- Everything
- The courtesy of the blind
- ABC.
- Notes:
- Hardcover published in 2005 by Harcourt, Inc.
- Contains:
- Szymborska, Wisława. Poems. Selections
- Szymborska, Wisława. Poems. Selections. English
- ISBN:
- 9780063490420
- 0063490420
- OCLC:
- 1527871417
- Publisher Number:
- 90104336102
- CIPO000316853
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