The Collected Prose: 1948-1998 1. Ausgabe

?One of the finest and most original writers?and one of the greatest Polish writers of [the 20th] century. [Herbert] is a figure comparable to, say, T. S. Eliot or W. H. Auden.?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

?Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker

Polish essayist, poet, and spiritual leader of his nation?s anti-Communist movement, the late Zbigniew Herbert is a literary giant whose writings are revered throughout Europe and the world. A companion volume to the author?s Collected Poems (Ecco 2007), Collected Prose is the only English language edition of the award-winning writer?s prose works collected in a single, beautiful, accessible volume?including in their entirety his  renowned Labyrinth on the Sea, Still Life with a Bridle, King of the Ants, and Barbarian in the Garden.