Dear Ms. Schubert Av Ewa Lipska

<p><b>The first complete English translation of Ewa Lipska¿s exciting ¿Dear Ms. Schubert¿ poems</b><br><br>Ewa Lipska is one of Europe¿s most compelling and important poets, but relatively little of her recent work has been translated into English. A Polish-English bilingual edition, <i>Dear Ms. Schubert</i> is the first complete collection of her remarkable poetic postcards addressed to ¿Ms. Schubert,¿ a mysterious contemporary European everywoman.<br><br>Written by a certain Mr. Schmetterling (¿Mr. Butterfly¿), these brief, intimate poems are by turns philosophical, political, and playfully erotic. Combining subversive wit and surrealist imagery, they slowly reveal the contours of a shared secret life played out against a turbulent historical backdrop¿a relationship that strikes a precarious balance between deep cultural skepticism and authentic love.<br><br>Featuring the original Polish text and the English translation on facing pages, <i>Dear Ms. Schubert</i> is a highly original a