Collected Prose: 1948-1998

One of the finest and most original writersand one of the greatest Polish writers of [the 20th] century. [Herbert] is a figure comparable to, say, T. S. Eliot or W. H. Auden.

Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker

Polish essayist, poet, and spiritual leader of his nations anti-Communist movement, the late Zbigniew Herbert is a literary giant whose writings are revered throughout Europe and the world. A companion volume to the authors Collected Poems (Ecco 2007), Collected Prose is the only English language edition of the award-winning writers prose works collected in a single, beautiful, accessible volumeincluding in their entirety his renowned Labyrinth on the Sea, Still Life with a Bridle, King of the Ants, and Barbarian in the Garden.

“One of the finest and most original writers…and one of the greatest Polish writers of [the 20th] century. [Herbert] is a figure comparable to, say, T. S. Eliot or W. H. Auden.”

—Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker

Polish essayist, poet, and spiritual leader of his nation’s anti-Communist movement, the late Zbigniew Herbert is a literary giant whose writings are revered throughout Europe and the world. A companion volume to the author’s Collected Poems (Ecco 2007), Collected Prose is the only English language edition of the award-winning writer’s prose works collected in a single, beautiful, accessible volume—including in their entirety his  renowned Labyrinth on the Sea, Still Life with a Bridle, King of the Ants, and Barbarian in the Garden.

• | Author: Zbigniew Herbert
• | Publisher: HarperCollins
• | Publication Date: Aug 10, 2010
• | Number of Pages:
• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780060723828
• | ISBN-10: 0060723823