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Monologue of a Dog

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Featuring both the original Polish text and a full English translation, Monologue Of A Dog is a contemplative poetry collection musing about elements as diverse as unremembered love, mislaid keys in the grass, the district firemen's ball, and the wonders of the cosmos. Author Wislawa Szymborska, who earned the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, offers poignantly insightful lyrics that cut straight to the emotional quick of the reader. A Memory: We were chatting / and suddenly stopped short. / A lovely girl stepped onto the terrace, / so lovely, / too lovely / for us to enjoy our trip. // Basia shot her husband a stricken look. / Krystyna took Zbyszek's hand / reflexively. / I thought: I'll call you, / tell you, don't come just yet, / they're predicting rain for days. // Only Agnieszka, a widow, / met the lovely girl with a smile.

This is a set of selected poems by Wieslawa Szymborska. It is a perfect gift for an English speaking person, who likes to read poetry and/or is learning Polish. I'm Polish and I like reading both Polish and English versions. I like the arrangement of this book, each line is translated on the corresponding line on the following page.

Yet another collection to make me sorry I will never write this well.
:(
But still glad that someone does!