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A collection that turns to history in its subjects rather than its language, which is open and bold, mixing archaic flourish with everyday speech. The poems return to books read years ago, from Cervantes and Tolstoy to a textbook generations of students of Polish knew. They recall the poet's private past and the collective one: what was written before Christ, why photographs of Holocaust victims have faded, where the synagogues went. Friends and fellow writers appear, Julia Hartwig and Tomasz Pułka among them, and the poet considers his own place in the world and in today's language.

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About the book

Form

Poetry

Length

52 pages in the original

First published

2020 by WBPiCAK

Author's age

56 when first published

ISBN

9788366453272 (original)