Mysticism for Beginners: Poems

by Adam Zagajewski

Book Overview

Powerful New work by a modern master.

You must listen, listen, listen.
Tired springs breathe under water.
At four in the morningthe last, lonely bolt of lightning
scribbles something quickly in the sky.
It says "No." Or "Never.
"Or "Take courage, the fire's not dead."
-from "The Last Storm"

Mysticism for Beginners is the third and most beautiful of Adam Zagajewski's collections to appear in English. The poems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374526877
• ISBN13: 9780374526870
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"