translations into english

In these 100 poems Wislawa Szymborska portrays a world of astonishing diversity and richness, in which nature is wise and prodigal and fate unpredictable, if not mischievous.

Contains "A Jewish Mother from Berlin," in which Martha Jadassohn combs the seedy areas of Berlin looking for the man who raped her five-year-old daughter, and "Susanna," a novella telling of Sussanna's search for her lost lover in 1920s Berlin.