The Collected Prose: 1948-1998

by Zbigniew Herbert

Overview

“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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060723828
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/10/2010
Pages:	708
Sales rank:	878,735
Product dimensions:	6.44(w) x 11.04(h) x 1.69(d)

About the Author

Zbigniew Herbert was born in Lwów, Poland, in 1924. Herbert studied law, economics, and philosophy at the universities of Krakow, Torun, and Warsaw. His books include Selected Poems, Mr Cogito, Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems, Barbarian in the Garden, Still Life with a Bridle, The King of the Ants, and Reconstruction of the Poet. A passionate traveler, in the years of Solidarity he also became a central authority of the political opposition to communism in Poland. He died in 1998.

What People are Saying About This

Joseph Brodsky

“Zbigniew Herbert is a poet for this place; above all, for this time.”

Stephen Dobyns

“In a just world Mr. Herbert would have received the Nobel Prize long ago.”

Editorial Reviews

In a just world Mr. Herbert would have received the Nobel Prize long ago.” — Stephen Dobyns, The New York Times Book Review

“Zbigniew Herbert is a poet for this place; above all, for this time.” — Joseph Brodsky

From the Publisher

In a just world Mr. Herbert would have received the Nobel Prize long ago.

Stephen Dobyns

Zbigniew Herbert is a poet for this place; above all, for this time.

Joseph Brodsky