Bibliograph

Love at first sight, from Map: collected and last poems, by Wislawa Szymborska ; translated from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak ; illustrated by Beatrice Gasca Queirazza,

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Love at first sight, from Map: collected and last poems, by Wislawa Szymborska ; translated from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak ; illustrated by Beatrice Gasca Queirazza,

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Love at first sight

Oclc number

1304834866

Responsibility statement

by Wislawa Szymborska ; translated from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak ; illustrated by Beatrice Gasca Queirazza,

Sub title

from Map: collected and last poems

Summary

"Love at First Sight is a beautiful poem about love and chance and destiny by the 1996 Polish winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Illustrated by Italian artist Beatrice Gasca Queirazza, Szymborska's poem comes to life in entirely new ways for her readers and for lovers everywhere in this oversized book perfect for gift giving. Szymborska tells of two young lovers bound together in an instant-or were they? As the poem unfolds, the reader's assumptions-like those of the lovers themselves-about certainty and destiny are utterly upended, revealing the paradox and mystery of fate. Here is randomness, tricks of memory, and chance, where noticing the smallest details of our intertwined lives is more essential than asking, Are we meant for each other? "Every beginning / is only a sequel, after all...""--, Provided by publisher

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