{"product_id":"slight-exaggeration-paperback-1","title":"Slight Exaggeration - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Zagajewski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new essay collection by the noted Polish poet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Adam Zagajewski--one of Poland's great poets--the project of writing, whether it be poetry or prose, is an occasion to advance what David Wojahn has characterized as his \"restless and quizzical quest for self-knowledge.\" \u003ci\u003eSlight Exaggeration \u003c\/i\u003eis an autobiographical portrait of the poet, arranged not chronologically but with that same luminous quality that distinguishes Zagajewski's spellbinding poetry--an affinity for the invisible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a mosaic-like blend of criticism, reflections, European history, and aphoristic musings, Zagajewski tells the stories of his life in glimpses and reveries--from the Second World War and the occupation of Poland that left his family dispossessed to Joseph Brodsky's funeral on the Venetian island of San Michele--interspersed with intellectual interrogations of the writers and poets (D. H. Lawrence, Giorgos Seferis, Zbigniew Herbert, Paul Val ry), composers and painters (Brahms, Rembrandt), and modern heroes (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke) who have influenced his work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wry and philosophical defense of mystery, \u003ci\u003eSlight Exaggeration\u003c\/i\u003e recalls Zagajewski's poetry in its delicate negotiation between the earthbound and the ethereal, \"between brief explosions of meaning and patient wandering through the plains of ordinary days.\" With an enduring inclination to marvel, Zagajewski restores the world to us--necessarily incomplete and utterly astonishing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Zagajewski\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lvov in 1945. His previous 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\u003eSolidarity, Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTwo Cities\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAnother Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Defense of Ardor\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEternal Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eUnseen Hand\u003c\/i\u003e--all published by FSG. He lives in Chicago and Kraków. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Clare Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University. Her most recent book, \u003ci\u003eLyric Poetry and Modern Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, received the National Book Critics' Circle Award for criticism. She has also translated the poetry of Wislawa Szymborska.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47331105505529,"sku":"9780374537517","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ck5Sd0VoY3lOemY3aEhtUkVaRGZmQT09_b1be6d28-8df9-4791-ad00-6f01c9c765a3.webp?v=1769611325","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/slight-exaggeration-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}