false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166131893m/10207.jpg 10207 1 <div>Wislawa Szymborska's poems are admired around the world, and her unsparing vision, tireless wit, and deep sense of humanity are cherished by countless readers. Unknown to most of them, however, Szymborska also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title "Nonrequired Reading."<br> As readers of her poems would expect, the short prose pieces collected here are anything but ordinary. Reflecting the author's own eclectic tastes and interests, the pretexts for these ruminations range from books on wallpapering, cooking, gardening, and yoga, to more lofty volumes on opera and world literature. Unpretentious yet incisive, these charming pieces are on a par with Szymborska's finest lyrics, tackling the same large and small questions with a wonderful curiosity.<br></div> 12932 28 10 2002 Nonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces total:38|5:15|4:17|3:6|2:0|1:0| 38 161 56 4 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jan 04 16:33:16 -0800 2008 Wed May 07 09:38:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 15:51:32 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 16:10:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Aug 11 21:35:12 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 21:39:25 -0700 2007
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