From one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life's improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, winners of the PEN Translation Prize.

1996年諾貝爾文學獎得主,波蘭女詩人辛波絲卡,是當代世界詩壇的異數。她的詩作嚴謹,卻擁有廣大的讀者群。她的題材始終別具一格,常自日常生活汲取喜悅,以簡單的語言傳遞深刻的思想,以隱喻開啟廣大想像空間,寓嚴肅於幽默、機智,是以小搏大、舉重若輕的語言大師。這本詩集選輯其各階段名作五十首,由陳黎與張芬齡精譯、導讀,並附辛波絲卡精彩諾貝爾獎得講演說辭。