Selected Poems: 1931-2004 - Hardcover

Milosz, Czeslaw

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060188677 ISBN 13: 9780060188672

Publisher: ECCO PR, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Milosz Czeslaw

About this title

Reseña del editor:

A compelling compendium of poetry by the Nobel Prize-winning poet represents a definitive overview of the work of the seminal author of Second Space, Facing the River, and other works.

Contraportada:

Selected Poems: 1931-2004

celebrates Czeslaw Milosz's lifetime of poetry. Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of our time, Milosz is a master of expression and probing inquiry. Life opened for Czeslaw Milosz at a crossroads of civilizations in northeastern Europe. This was less a melting pot than a torrent of languages and ideas, where old folk traditions met Catholic, Protestant, Judaic, and Orthodox rites. What unfolded next around him was a century of catastrophe and madness: two world wars, revolutions, invasions, and the murder of tens of millions, all set to a cacophony of hymns, gunfire, national anthems, and dazzling lies. In the thick of this upheaval, wide awake and in awe of living, dodging shrapnel, imprisonment, and despair, Milosz tried to understand both history and the moment, with humble respect for the suffering of each individual. He read voraciously in many languages and wrote masterful poetry that, even in translation, is infused with a tireless spirit and a penetrating insight into fundamental human dilemmas and the staggering yet simple truth that "to exist on the earth is beyond any power to name." Unflinching, outspoken, timeless, and unsentimental, Milosz digs through the rubble of the past, forging a vision -- and a warning -- that encompasses both pain and joy. "His intellectual life," writes Seamus Heaney, "could be viewed as a long single combat with shape-shifting untruth."

About this edition

• Publisher: ECCO PR
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060188677
• ISBN 13: 9780060188672
• Binding: Tapa dura
• Number of pages: 267