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Proud to be a Mammal
ISBN: 9780141193199
Author : Milosz, Czeslaw
Published: 2010
Publisher: Penguin
Number of pages: 304
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Author : Milosz, Czeslaw
Published: 2010
Publisher: Penguin
Number of pages: 304
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Description
Offers a collection of essays that covers the author’s passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood.
“Proud to be a Mammal (1942-97)” is Czeslaw Milosz’s moving and diverse collection of essays. Among them, he covers his passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. Milosz also includes a letter to his friend in which he voices his concern about the growing indifference to murder and the true value of freedom of thought, as well as a verbal map of Wilno, with each street revealing both a rich local history and intricate, poignant personal memories.
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