Author: HERBERT Zbigniew
Title: Barbarian in the Garden
- Place of publication: Warsaw
- Year of publication : 1962
- Publisher: Czytelnik Publishing House
- Number of pages: 265 [3]
- Illustrations, maps: ---
- Size: 19.5 cm
- Binding: softbound with dust jacket
- Condition: rubbing of wrapper, outdated stamps and library stickers
- ISBN: ---
Description:
Edition 1. One of the most famous books by Zbigniew Herbert! The wrapper was designed by Andrzej Heidrich.
A collection of essays by Zbigniew Herbert, dedicated to the culture and art of Italy and France.
The sketches were created as a result of Herbert's trip around Europe, which he took from May 1958 to April 1960. The author himself wrote: The book I am submitting to the Publisher will be a collection of sketches from Italy and France. They will be devoted mainly to issues of art, especially to earlier periods, less known in Poland. [...] In the sketches I try to combine information with direct impression, also taking into account the human background, landscape, mood and color of the places described. However, in a word from the author, included at the beginning of the book, he wrote: What is this book as I see it? A collection of sketches. A report on a journey. The first a real journey through cities, museums and ruins. The second - through books on the places seen. These two visions, or two methods, are intertwined.
