Eternal Enemy

★ Zagayevsky once said, "We need poetry as much as we need beauty." In this collection, he says, "Poetry is joy hiding despair. But beneath despair—there is more joy."
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★Few people can create with his clear wisdom and concise style. His works are full of slightly ironic humor, slight doubt, and a timeless sense of the dark side of history. They are a mixture of Milosz's compassion, faith and doubt.
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This collection of poems deals with a timeless theme: memory. Human evil and suffering are impenetrable, like darkness itself; they existed, yet are incomprehensible. Yet, future generations cannot and should not forget them. Therefore, memory is a crucial function of poetry.
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★The latest poetry collection by Zagajewski, a Polish master of poetry and a hot candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, who is in the same lineage as Milosz and Szymborska.
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A true master poet of our time: his work, born from the ashes of the 20th century, speaks to the true fears and hesitant hopes of the 21st.
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★Many masters such as Milosz, Brodsky, Sontag, Walcott and others have praised him: his poetry has achieved an ideal balance between history, reality and aesthetics. Harold Bloom called him "an inexhaustible poet and writer."
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★The poet-translator Mr. Li Yiliang has devoted himself to the meticulous translation; this is an exquisite pocket book that is light and portable.
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【Media Recommendation】
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★He is my ideal kind of lovable poet, not just a good poet or a great poet.
——Huang Canran
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★Zagajewski’s poems take us away from the daily inertia that dulls our senses and away from the boredom of simply existing.
——The New York Times Book Review
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Zagajewski blends the past and present, the mundane and the mysterious in his language… His best poems establish a contradiction and end in a paradox—sad yet hopeful.
——Library Journal
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In these new works, Polish poet Zagajewski revisits with a certain self-awareness the lyricism of his compatriot Czesław Milosz, his depiction of pre-World War II Poland, and his Miloszian mixture of compassion, faith, and skepticism.
——Publishers Weekly
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【Content Introduction】
★ “Poetry is a sublime path that takes us to the farthest places.”
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One of the most gifted poets of our time, Adam Zagajewski's work has become a contemporary classic. Few poets or prose writers can match his lucid wit and concise style. His work, imbued with a touch of wry humor, a touch of skepticism, and a timeless sense of history's dark side, has earned him a devoted international following.
In "Eternal Enemies," Zagajewski revisits the lyricism of his compatriot Czesław Milosz, his depiction of pre-World War II Poland, and Milosz's blend of compassion, faith, and skepticism with a certain self-awareness. The collection revisits the themes that have defined his career as a poet—moving meditations on place, language, and history. Particularly moving are Zagajewski's tributes to writers he knew well or encountered through books—Miłosz, Sebald, Brodsky, and Blake. These poems blend naturally with his portrayals of family members and loved ones, revealing the poet's vast compassion and concern. "Eternal Enemies" is a luminous intersection of art and everyday life.

2020-07-01

北京联合出版公司

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9787559641601