The Polish Nobel Prize winner (1996) demonstrates her discerning vision touched with pathos and a sweet, sharp irony over our focus on trivia and our own centrality in the face of mortality and the brevity of life.  Contains selections from 1957-1993, beautifully translated.  Led to this book by quotes from Adam Weinberg and Joel Meyerowitz in their essays in the Charles LeDray exhibition.  The Nobel citation read:  ‘for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality.  She died early in 2012.