Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition

Czes?aw Mi?osz Catherine S. Leach Czeslaw Milosz Catherine S. Leach

ISBN 10: 0374528306 / ISBN 13: 9780374528300

Published by MacMillan, 2002

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pp. 300.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374528306
• ISBN 13: 9780374528300
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The autobiography of the Nobel laureate

Before he emigrated to the United States, Czeslaw Milosz lived through many of the social upheavals that defined the first half of the twentieth century. Here, in this compelling account of his early life, the author sketches his moral and intellectual history from childhood to the early fifties, providing the reader with a glimpse into a way of life that was radically different from anything an American or even a Western European could know.

Using the events of his life as a starting point, Native Realm sets out to explore the consciousness of a writer and a man, examining the possibility of finding glimmers of meaning in the midst of chaos while remaining true to oneself.

In this beautifully written and elegantly translated work, Milosz is at his very best.

About the Author

Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) was the winner of the 1978 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. His last book was To Begin Where I Am (FSG, 2001). Many of his works have been translated into English, including, Beginning with My Streets (FSG, 1992), The Year of the Hunter (FSG, 1994), Road-side Dog (FSG, 1998) Milosz's ABC's (FSG, 2001) and To Begin Where I Am (FSG, 2001).