{"product_id":"nonrequired-reading-prose-pieces-9780151006601","title":"Nonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"She's accessible and deeply human and a joy\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003ethough it is a dark kind of joy\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eto read... She is a poet to live with.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Hass, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWislawa Szymborska's poems are admired around the world, and her unsparing vision, tireless wit, and deep sense of humanity are cherished by countless readers. Unknown to most of them, however, Szymborska, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title \"Nonrequired Reading.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs readers of her poems would expect, the short prose pieces collected here are anything but ordinary. Reflecting the author's own eclectic tastes and interests, the pretexts for these ruminations range from books on wallpapering, cooking, gardening, and yoga, to more lofty volumes on opera and world literature. Unpretentious yet incisive, these charming pieces are on a par with Szymborska's finest lyrics, tackling the same large and small questions with a wonderful curiosity.\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":50644922958098,"sku":"9780151006601","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_746ec3aa-5370-4f80-b200-814c1225bca0.jpg?v=1767778345","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nonrequired-reading-prose-pieces-9780151006601","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}