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Chwila / Moment
Chwila
Wisława Szymborska (born 1923)
Translated by Clare Cavanagh, Stanisław Barańczak
English editions
In EnglishChwila / Moment
Znak · Poland · 2003
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Short, lucid poems, each a small treatise, philosophical or existential. There is not one exclamation mark in the book, but many question marks. Instead of grand symbols there is a trifle, a seemingly silly wonder: a little girl, a year in the world, pulling the tablecloth to see what happens. There is a serious tone too, in a poem about people fleeing from other people towards the wrong bridge. The poems explain nothing for good; they try to catch a moment and are surprised by it.
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About the book
- Form
- Poetry
- Length
- 44 pages in the original
- First published
- 2002 by Znak
- Author's age
- 79 when first published
- ISBN
9788324002276 (original)
9788324003549 (Znak, Poland)
- More
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