{"product_id":"monologue-of-a-dog-new-poems-9780063490420","title":"Monologue of a Dog: New Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A Szymborska poem is always charming, wonderfully charming, charming as a small child singing, charming as a great pop-song lyric. But her poems are also, to use an old word, 'deep, ' mysteriously so, about the very nature of existence.\" --Adam Gopnick, the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize winner, a classic collection of witty and contemplative poems, featuring a foreword by Billy Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMonologue of a Dog\u003c\/em\u003e, Wislawa Szymborska writes with her signature mix of intellect and humor about everything from love unremembered to keys lost in the grass, finding in the smallest moments a path to the vast questions of existence. What begins as a passing thought ends, in her hands, as an x-ray of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bilingual edition, with translations from the incomparable Clare Kavanagh, serves as a perfect introduction for new readers and an essential companion for devoted fans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSzymborska, Wislawa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWISLAWA SZYMBORSKA (1923-2012) was born in Poland and worked as a poetry editor, translator, and columnist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. Her books include \u003cem\u003eView with a Grain of Sand, Here, The Acrobat, Monologue of a Dog, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMap: Collected and Last Poems, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePoems New and Collected: 1957-1997.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51890628854034,"sku":"9780063490420","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_261701c1-9d2e-4376-851d-885fb1ea4722.jpg?v=1768311964","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/monologue-of-a-dog-new-poems-9780063490420","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}