Overview
A new essay collection by the noted Polish poet
For Adam Zagajewskiāone of Polandās great poetsāthe project of writing, whether it be poetry or prose, is an occasion to advance what David Wojahn has characterized as his ārestless and quizzical quest for self-knowledge.ā Slight Exaggeration is an autobiographical portrait of the poet, arranged not chronologically but with that same luminous quality that distinguishes Zagajewskiās spellbinding poetryāan affinity for the invisible.
In a mosaic-like blend of criticism, reflections, European history, and aphoristic musings, Zagajewski tells the stories of his life in glimpses and reveriesāfrom the Second World War and the occupation of Poland that left his family dispossessed to Joseph Brodskyās funeral on the Venetian island of San Micheleāinterspersed with intellectual interrogations of the writers and poets (D. H. Lawrence, Giorgos Seferis, Zbigniew Herbert, Paul ValĆ©ry), composers and painters (Brahms, Rembrandt), and modern heroes (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke) who have influenced his work.
A wry and philosophical defense of mystery, Slight Exaggeration recalls Zagajewskiās poetry in its delicate negotiation between the earthbound and the ethereal, ābetween brief explosions of meaning and patient wandering through the plains of ordinary days.ā With an enduring inclination to marvel, Zagajewski restores the world to usānecessarily incomplete and utterly astonishing.
This book title, Slight Exaggeration (An Essay) - 9780374537517, ISBN: 9780374537517, by Adam Zagajewski, Clare Cavanagh, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (April 3, 2018) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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