num_pages: 287
description: I love to swim in the sea, which keepstalking to itselfin the monotone of a vagabondwho no longer recalls exactly how long he's been on the road. Swimming is like prayer:palms join and part,join and part,almost without end.--from "On Swimming"Without End draws from each of Adam Zagajewski's English-language collections, both in and out of print--Tremor, Canvas, and Mysticism for Beginners--and features new work that is among his most refreshing and rewarding. These poems, lucidly translated, share the vocation that allows us, in Zagajewski's words, "to experience astonishment and to stop still in that astonishment for a long moment or two."
language: English
title: Without End: New and Selected Poems
titlecomplete: Without End: New and Selected Poems
genres: Literature, Polish Literature, Poetry, Poland, Nonfiction, Surreal
ratings_count: 503
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Poetry
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux