Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004 PMC

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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.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780141392301
Published: March 2014

Number of pages: 368
Width: 130 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: 22 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd