How to start writing (and when to stop) : advice for writers /
Wislawa Szymborska ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Clare Cavanagh.
Bok Engelsk 2021 Wisława Szymborska,· Essays
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| Omfang | 96 sider
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| Utgave | First edition
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| Opplysninger | "In this witty "how-to" guide, Wisława Szymborska has nothing but sympathy for the labors of would-be writers generally: "I myself started out with rotten poetry and stories," she confesses in this collection of pieces culled from the advice she gave-anonymously-for many years in the well-known Polish journal Literary Life. She returns time and again to the mundane business of writing poetry properly, that is to say, painstakingly and sparingly. "I sigh to be a poet," Miss A. P. from Bialogard exclaims. "I groan to be an editor," Szymborska responds. Szymborska stubbornly insists on poetry's "prosaic side": "Let's take the wings off and try writing on foot, shall we?" This delightful compilation, translated by the peerless Clare Cavanagh, will delight readers and writers alike"--
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| ISBN | 9780811229715
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