First American paperback edition, 2005
Some of these essays previously appeared in Common Knowledge, The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement, and the anthology Planet on the Table (Sarabande Books, 2003).
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Excerpt from “Mittelbergheim” in New and Collected Poems, by Czeslaw Milosz, translated by Czeslaw Milosz and Richard Lourie. English translation copyright © 2003, Czeslaw Milosz and Richard Lourie.
Excerpt from “The Envoy of Mr. Cogito” in Mr. Cogito, by Zbigniew Herbert, translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter. English translation copyright © 1995, John and Bogdana Carpenter.
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