Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems
By: Zbigniew Herbert
4.40
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Report from the Besieged City is another tour de force by eminent Polish poet, Zbigniew Herbert. Hi…
Want to Read"he wanted to understand to the very end —Pascal's night —the nature of a diamond —the melancholy of the prophets —Achille's wrath —the madness of those who kill —the dreams of Mary Stuart —Neanderthal fear —the despair of the last Aztecs —Nietzsche's long death throes —the joy of the painter of Lascaux —the rise and fall of an oak —the rise and fall of Rome"-Zbigniew Herbert, Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems
"he wanted to understand to the very end —Pascal's night —the nature of a diamond —the melancholy of the prophets —Achille's wrath —the madness of those who kill —the dreams of Mary Stuart —Neanderthal fear —the despair of the last Aztecs —Nietzsche's long death throes —the joy of the painter of Lascaux —the rise and fall of an oak —the rise and fall of Rome"-Zbigniew Herbert, Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems
"he wanted to understand to the very end —Pascal's night —the nature of a diamond —the melancholy of the prophets —Achille's wrath —the madness of those who kill —the dreams of Mary Stuart —Neanderthal fear —the despair of the last Aztecs —Nietzsche's long death throes —the joy of the painter of Lascaux —the rise and fall of an oak —the rise and fall of Rome"-Zbigniew Herbert, Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems
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"Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?"-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"If man had more of a sense of humour, things might have turned out differently."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
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"Pureté et solitude sont un seul et même malheur."-Colette Gauthier-Villars, Cheri and The Last of Cheri
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"Life and a lover"-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
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"to be loved, was just to be watched"-Dizz Tate, Brutes
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21. Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems
By: Zbigniew Herbert
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Format: 100 pages, Paperback
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"he wanted to understand to the very end —Pascal's night —the nature of a diamond —the melancholy of the prophets —Achille's wrath —the madness of those who kill —the dreams of Mary Stuart —Neandertha…"-Zbigniew Herbert, Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems
