The Collected Prose: 1948-1998“One of the finest and most original writers…and one of the greatest Polish writers of [the 20th] century. [Herbert] is a figure comparable to, say, T. S. Eliot or W. H. Auden.” —Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker
Polish essayist, poet, and spiritual leader of his nation’s anti-Communist movement, the late Zbigniew Herbert is a literary giant whose writings are revered throughout Europe and the world. A companion volume to the author’s Collected Poems (Ecco 2007), Collected Prose is the only English language edition of the award-winning writer’s prose works collected in a single, beautiful, accessible volume—including in their entirety his renowned Labyrinth on the Sea, Still Life with a Bridle, King of the Ants, and Barbarian in the Garden. |
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Contents
Still Life with a Bridle | 177 |
APOCRYPHAS | 267 |
The King of the Ants | 301 |
TEN PATHS OF VIrTuE | 377 |
Labyrinth on the Sea | 395 |
Short Prose 19481998 | 553 |
notes | 671 |
Acknowledgments | 709 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Collected Prose: 1948-1998 |
| Author | Zbigniew Herbert |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0062014307, 9780062014306 |
| Length | 736 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Essays Travel / Essays & Travelogues |
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