Proud To Be A Mammal: Essays on War, Faith and Memory (Penguin Translated Texts) (ISBN:9780141193199)
Proud To Be A Mammal: Essays on War, Faith and Memory (Penguin Translated Texts) (ISBN:9780141193199)
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- Author
- Milosz Czeslaw
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- Penguin 2010
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- State of preservation
- As New
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- Softcover
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br. ed. roud 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. 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.
