The Acrobat by Wislawa Symborska Ulrike Almut Sandig ’Through poems that are as

’Through poems that are as unforgettably beautiful as they are accessible

among many others

Named after the traditional farming practice of leaving field corners for wildlife

during the Second World War

his second full-length collection

The Acrobat by Wislawa Symborska Ulrike Almut Sandig ’Through poems that are asThese intimate, immediate poems were written during the precarious years of Soviet occupation in Poland. Rooted in the pains and joys of the everyday, they ask us what it means to live out our lives amid global conflict and its aftermath. Underlying Szymborska's work is a continual sense of astonishment at having survived, the disbelief and delight that life goes on ' that the acrobat's hands have caught the trapeze. Featuring Szymborska's Nobel Prize