{"product_id":"true-life-poems-paperback","title":"True Life: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Zagajewski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClare Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning, intimate collection by the late great Polish poet Adam Zagajewski.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e. . . I think I sought wisdom \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e(without resignation) in poems\u003cbr\u003eand also a certain calm madness.\u003cbr\u003eI found, much later, a moment's joy\u003cbr\u003eand melancholy's dark contentment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTrue Life\u003c\/i\u003e, the Polish writer Adam Zagajewski, one of the world's most admired and beloved poets, turns his gaze to the past with piercing clarity and a tone of wry, lyrical melancholy. He captures the rhythms of a city street on the page and the steady beat of the passage of time against it (\"Roads cannot be destroyed \/\/ Even if peonies cover them \/ smelling like eternity\") and writes of the endless struggle between stasis and change, between movement and stillness (\"We knew \/ it would be the same \/ as always \/\/ It would all go back to normal\"). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Oliver called Zagajewski \"the most pertinent, impressive, meaningful poet of our time,\" and Philip Boehm wrote in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e that his poems \"pull us from whatever routine threatens to dull our senses, from whatever might lull us into mere existence.\" \u003ci\u003eTrue Life\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in Polish in 2019 and translated with genius by Clare Cavanagh, reveals the astonishing, immortal depths of Zagajewski's insight and artistry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Zagajewski\u003c\/b\u003e (1945-2021) was born in Lvov, Poland. His books include \u003ci\u003eTremor\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCanvas\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMysticism for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWithout End\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEternal Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eUnseen Hand\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAsymmetry\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSolidarity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSolitude\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTwo Cities\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAnother Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Defense of Ardor\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSlight Exaggeration\u003c\/i\u003e--all published by FSG. He lived in Chicago and Kraków. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClare Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University. Her most recent book, \u003ci\u003e Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. She is currently working on an authorized biography of Czeslaw Milosz. She has also translated the poetry of Wislawa Szymborska. She lives in Deerfield, Illinois.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779040149792,"sku":"9780374612856","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/732a6f801252d858e90ca540edd6100e.webp?v=1780510703","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/true-life-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}