| #570664 in Books | Wislawa Szymborska | 2002-10-28 | 2002-10-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.69 x5.51l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | ISBN13: 9780151006601 | Condition: New | Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Required reading for all who need their brain aired with irreverent thoughts|By Listener|One of the most inspiring, quirky, iconoclastic and witty books I have read in a long time - every two-page essay (actually non-commissioned and unexpected reviews of non-fiction books the author picked up in bookstores because she was intrigued by their title or subject matter) is a polish|From Publishers Weekly|Szymborska's Nobel Prize for literature in 1996 recognized her achievement in poetry. This collection of short prose responses ("I couldn't write reviews and didn't even want to") to 94 books proves a luminous and inspiring set of readerly
Wislawa 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 also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title "Nonrequired Reading."
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Nonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces | Wislawa Szymborska, Clare Cavanagh. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.