{"product_id":"monologue-of-a-dog-new-poems-9780063490420","title":"Monologue of a Dog: New Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A Szymborska poem is always charming, wonderfully charming, charming as a small child singing, charming as a great pop-song lyric. But her poems are also, to use an old word, 'deep, ' mysteriously so, about the very nature of existence.\" --Adam Gopnick, the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize winner, a classic collection of witty and contemplative poems, featuring a foreword by Billy Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMonologue of a Dog\u003c\/em\u003e, Wislawa Szymborska writes with her signature mix of intellect and humor about everything from love unremembered to keys lost in the grass, finding in the smallest moments a path to the vast questions of existence. What begins as a passing thought ends, in her hands, as an x-ray of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bilingual edition, with translations from the incomparable Clare Kavanagh, serves as a perfect introduction for new readers and an essential companion for devoted fans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wislawa Szymborska\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063490420","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133439631497,"sku":"9780063490420","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_bf305634-67e1-41fb-9407-1da0138965ce.jpg?v=1767678777","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/monologue-of-a-dog-new-poems-9780063490420","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}