{"product_id":"acrobat-2","title":"Acrobat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis pocketable volume presents a fresh introduction to the vivid and surprising work of a Nobel Prize-winning poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ehow cunningly he weaves himself through his own former shape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand works to seize this swaying world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eby stretching out the arms he has conceived - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebeautiful \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebeyond belief at this passing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eat this very passing moment that's just passed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese intimate, immediate poems were written during the precarious years of Soviet occupation in Poland. Rooted in the pains and joys of the everyday, they ask us what it means to live out our lives amid global conflict and its aftermath. Underlying Szymborska's work is a continual sense of astonishment at having survived, as well as the disbelief and delight that life goes on - that the acrobat's hands have caught the trapeze.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing Szymborska's Nobel Prize acceptance speech as an afterword.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57261076775256,"sku":"9780571400737","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571400737.jpg?v=1780119951","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/acrobat-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}