A review by cheydaytaysaway
View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems by Wisława Szymborska

3.0

3.5/5: Relentlessly smart, inquisitive, thoughtful, especially as she goes along. I'm normally much more of an imagist in taste, but these metaphorical/metaphysical musings were often truly captivating and stunning in their clarity. I'm still trying to understand how some of the more high-octane language play translates--Simic's blurb about how these poems sound like they were written in English makes complete sense, but that also leaves me very curious about what decisions were made. Not so much a complaint, as a curiosity ("how did they do that?"). Not every piece was my cup of tea but that's rare anyway and worth it for the ones that were. Would recommend!