{"product_id":"the-acrobat","title":"The Acrobat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis pocketable volume presents a fresh introduction to the vivid and surprising work of a Nobel Prize-winning poet. how cunningly he weaves himself through his own former shapeand works to seize this swaying worldby stretching out the arms he has conceived - beautiful beyond belief at this passingat this very passing moment that's just passed. These intimate, immediate poems were written during the precarious years of Soviet occupation in Poland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRooted in the pains and joys of the everyday, they ask us what it means to live out our lives amid global conflict and its aftermath. Underlying Szymborska's work is a continual sense of astonishment at having survived, as well as the disbelief and delight that life goes on - that the acrobat's hands have caught the trapeze. Featuring Szymborska's Nobel Prize acceptance speech as an afterword.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: 2026, UK\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Faber\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9780571400737\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wislawa Szymborska","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58158267138379,"sku":null,"price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9780571400737.jpg?v=1786975385","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/the-acrobat","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}