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Mysticism for Beginners

Poems

Author: Adam Zagajewski; Translated by Clare Cavanagh

Mysticism for Beginners

Mysticism for Beginners

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About This Book

Powerful New work by a modern master.

You must listen, listen, listen.
Tired springs breathe under water.
At four in the morningthe last, lonely bolt of lightning
scribbles...

Page Count
80
On Sale
04/15/1999

Book Details

Powerful New work by a modern master.

You must listen, listen, listen.
Tired springs breathe under water.
At four in the morningthe last, lonely bolt of lightning
scribbles something quickly in the sky.
It says "No." Or "Never.
"Or "Take courage, the fire's not dead."
-from "The Last Storm"

Mysticism for Beginners is the third and most beautiful of Adam Zagajewski's collections to appear in English. The poems are about nature, history, the life of cities, the transformations of art, the spiritual essence of everyday life. Their remarkable staying power derives from the gentle meditative authority of Zagajewski's voice, here expertly rered into English by Clare Cavanagh. Zagajewski's committed, compassionate poems offer access to the mysteries at the heart of experience.

Imprint Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

ISBN

9780374526870

In The News

“So how can a poet-an intelligent, serious poet-write mystical verse now? The poetry of Adam Zagajewski provides the beginning of an answer to this question.” —Adam Kirsch, The New Republic

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Mysticism for Beginners

Mysticism for Beginners

$15.00

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