Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004

Name: Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780141392301
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By Czeslaw Milosz

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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*i>Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004 by Czeslaw Milosz is a breathtaking collection that encapsulates the poet's extensive body of work over more than seventy years. It offers a deep dive into his exploration of existential themes, human suffering, and the search for meaning in a tumultuous world. Milosz's unique voice and poignant reflections on history and culture make this volume a vital component of twentieth-century poetry.
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This collection may appeal to you if you appreciate profound and evocative poetry. It showcases the thoughtful reflections of a Nobel Prize-winning poet on love, loss, and the human experience, exploring themes of history, memory, and survival with a deep sense of humanity and resilience. Ideal for those interested in exploring the intersection of personal and cultural history through lyrical expression.

Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004

Brings together author's poems, spanning his writing life. This book features verses such as 'Cafe' that he considers the upheaval, revolutions and two world wars that he had witnessed, while 'My Faithful Mother Tongue' reflects the loyalty he felt to his native Polish language.

This selection brings together the most beautiful and powerful of Czeslaw Milosz's poems, spanning his writing life.

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The most beautiful and powerful of Milosz's poems from across his writing life

This selection brings together the most beautiful and powerful of Czeslaw Milosz's poems, spanning his writing life. In verses such as Cafe, he considers the upheaval, revolutions, and two world wars that he had witnessed, while My Faithful Mother Tongue reflects the loyalty he felt to his native Polish language.

He also remembers his schooldays in The World, and in Bypassing Rue Descartes, recalls the Paris streets of his student years, displaying both tenderness and tough-minded fury towards those who shaped his experiences. Writing not about abstract emotions, but about the horrors and beauty that he directly observed, Milosz opens our eyes to the joy-bringing potential of the poetry to which he gave his life.

Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004 is a testament to a life dedicated to poetry, showcasing the rich tapestry of Milosz's experiences and insights.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141392301

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 March 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. Born in Lithuania while it was still part of the Russian Empire, he lived much of his life in Poland or exiled in California. He was the author of one of the definitive books on totalitarianism, The Captive Mind, but also wrote with extraordinary vividness and moral authority on his childhood, his experiences under Nazism and on the tragedy of Central Europe.