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New York. 1999. February 1999. Ecco Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. Remainder Mark On Bottom Edge. 0880016183. Translated from the Polish by John & Bogdana Carpenter. 86 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan. keywords: Literature Essays Mythology Poland Translated Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This new prose collection from the late Zbigniew Herbert, available for the first time in English, is a witty, sage retelling of myths and tales simple and as old as the world' (Endymion'). Herbert never simply retells a myth; instead, he presents a re-creation of it and emphasizes a narrative,' explain translators John and Bogdana Carpenter in their foreword. The old story or fragmentary text serves as a canvas for a new story that he carries quite far from its original point of departure. It is a springboard for a broader exploration of human behavior. The `mythological essay' becomes a twentieth-century philosophical parable.'…
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King & Ants Hardcover - 1999
by Zbigniew Herbert; Bogdana Carpenter (Translator); John Carpenter (Translator)
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- Title King & Ants
- Author Zbigniew Herbert; Bogdana Carpenter (Translator); John Carpenter (Translator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 85
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, New York
- Date 1999
- ISBN 9780880016186 / 0880016183
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.44 x 5.71 x 0.52 in (21.44 x 14.50 x 1.32 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98006732
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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