"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."
--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.