People on a Bridge

by Szymborska, Wislawa; Czerniawski, Adam

• ISBN13: 9780948259708
• ISBN10: 0948259701
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-04-01
• Publisher: Forest Books

Summary

Dufour Editions, an independent publisher and distributor for more than forty years, has an established reputation as a fine literary house. International poetry has always been outstanding in the list, which initially began with some of Thomas Kinsella's and John Montague's first books from the prestigious Dolmen Press. Since those early days, the complete poetry list has grown to include prize-winning poets from twenty-nine countries. Many of the poets have toured and been interviewed in the U.S. Some are Nobel Prize winners. This catalog introduces some highly regarded poets from publishers whose lists are being distributed in the U.S. and Canada for the first time. The rewards in publishing poetry are sometimes sublime, as opposed to commercial, but reader response over the years has justified our commitment. The strength of the list is evidenced on this page, on which we salute recent prize-winners whose books are currently being read throughout the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Translator's note
People on a bridge/Ludzie na moscie	p. 2
Big numbers/Wielka liczba	p. 11
Beneath one little star/Pod jedna gwiazdka	p. 12
In praise of my sister/Pochwala siostry	p. 13
Portrait of woman/Portret kobiecy	p. 14
Lot's wife/Zona Lota	p. 15
Homecoming/Powroty	p. 17
Laughter/Smiech	p. 18
On the tower of Babel/Na wiezy Babel	p. 20
Happy love/Milosc szczesliwa	p. 21
Thank-you/Podziekowanie	p. 22
An old singer/Stary spiewak	p. 24
Wrong number/Pomylka	p. 25
Perfect/pewnosc	p. 26
Pi/Liczba Pi	p. 27
The terrorist, he watches/Terrorysta, on patrzy	p. 31
A contribution on pornography/Glos w sprawie pornografii	p. 32
Funeral/Pogrzeb	p. 33
A dinosaur's skeleton/Szkielet jaszczura	p. 34
Experiment/Eksperyment	p. 36
Utopia/Utopia	p. 37
Reality/Jawa	p. 41
Miracle mart/Jarmark cudow	p. 43
In praise of dreams/Pochwala snow	p. 45
Instant living/Zycie na poczekaniu	p. 47
Theatrical impressions/Wrazenia z teatru	p. 49
Water/Woda	p. 50
The sky/Niebo	p. 52
Railway station/Dworzec	p. 54
May be left untitled/Moze byc bez tytulu	p. 56
Reality demands/Rzeczywistosc wymaga	p. 58
The classic/Klasyk	p. 60
Letters of the dead/Listy umarlych	p. 61
A version of events/Wersja wydarzen	p. 62
Unwritten poem reviewed/Recenzja z nie napisanego wiersza	p. 65
An elegiac account/Rachunek elegijny	p. 68
Rachunek elegijny/An elegiac account	p. 72
Index of titles	p. 72
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