The Collected Prose
1948-1998
Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
| Author: | Zbigniew Herbert | ISBN: | 9780062014306 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books | Publication: | August 10, 2010 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Zbigniew Herbert |
| ISBN: | 9780062014306 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Publication: | August 10, 2010 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Language: | English |
“One of the finest and most original writers…and one of the greatest Polish writers of [the 20th] century. [Herbert] is a figure comparable to, say, T. S. Eliot or W. H. Auden.”
—Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker
Polish essayist, poet, and spiritual leader of his nation’s anti-Communist movement, the late Zbigniew Herbert is a literary giant whose writings are revered throughout Europe and the world. A companion volume to the author’s Collected Poems (Ecco 2007), Collected Prose is the only English language edition of the award-winning writer’s prose works collected in a single, beautiful, accessible volume—including in their entirety his renowned Labyrinth on the Sea, Still Life with a Bridle, King of the Ants, and Barbarian in the Garden.
“One of the finest and most original writers…and one of the greatest Polish writers of [the 20th] century. [Herbert] is a figure comparable to, say, T. S. Eliot or W. H. Auden.”
—Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker
Polish essayist, poet, and spiritual leader of his nation’s anti-Communist movement, the late Zbigniew Herbert is a literary giant whose writings are revered throughout Europe and the world. A companion volume to the author’s Collected Poems (Ecco 2007), Collected Prose is the only English language edition of the award-winning writer’s prose works collected in a single, beautiful, accessible volume—including in their entirety his renowned Labyrinth on the Sea, Still Life with a Bridle, King of the Ants, and Barbarian in the Garden.
