Description
Memories, dreams and reflections from the Nobel Laureate
The ABC book is a polish genre-a loose form related to a hypertext novel-composed of short, alphabetically arranged entries. In Milosz's conception, the ABC book becomes a sort of autobiographical reference book, combining entries concerning characters from his earlier work with references to some of his memory poems. He also writes of real, historical figures like Camus who were particularly influential during his formative years, and of broader topics such as The City, Unhappiness, and Money. Another fascinating entry in Milosz's bold opus, Milosz's ABCs is an engaging tribute to a brilliant mind.Author: Czeslaw Milosz
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 01/09/2002
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780374527952
ISBN10: 0374527954
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
About the Author
Czeslaw Milosz is the winner of the 1978 Neustadt International Prize in Literature and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. Since 1962 he has been a professor, now emeritus, of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent publications are Striving Towards Being: The Letters of Czeslaw Milosz and Thomas Merton (FSG, 1997)and Road-side Dog (FSG, 1998). He lives in Berkeley, California and Krakow, Poland.
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