Slight Exaggeration
Adam Zagajewski
Translated by Clare Cavanagh
Hardback
04 April 2017Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Synopsis
A new essay collection by the noted Polish poet
For Adam Zagajewski—one of Poland’s great poets—the project of writing, whether it be poetry or prose, is an occasion to advance what David Wojahn has characterized as his “restless and quizzical quest for self-knowledge.” Slight Exaggeration is an autobiographical portrait of the poet, arranged not chronologically but with that same luminous quality...
Details
04 April 2017288 pages
9780374265878Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Reviews
"Splendid . . . Slight Exaggeration, first published in Polish in 2011 and fluidly translated by Clare Cavanagh, is delightful to read straight through as it riffs, zags and circles. But you could drop down anywhere in this sometimes diaristic, sometimes belle-lettristic book and find something interesting." —Daisy Fried, The New York Times Book Review
