{"product_id":"legends-of-modernity-czeslaw-milosz-9780374530464","title":"Legends of Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegends of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, now available in English for the first time, brings together some of Czeslaw Milosz's early essays and letters, composed in German-occupied Warsaw during the winter of 1942-43. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy did the European spirit succumb to such a devastating fiasco? the young Milosz asks. Half a century later, when \u003ci\u003eLegends of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e saw its first publication in Poland, Milosz said: If everything inside you is agitation, hatred, and despair, write measured, perfectly calm sentences... While the essays here reflect a perfect calm, the accompanying contemporaneous exchange of letters between Milosz and Jerzy Andrzejewski express the raw emotions of agitation, hatred and despair experienced by these two close friends struggling to understand the proximate causes of this debacle of western civilization, and the relevance, if any, of the teachings of the Catholic church. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassionate, poignant, and compelling, \u003ci\u003eLegends of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving insight into the mind and emotions of one of the greatest writers of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Czeslaw Milosz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374530467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374530464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.22w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/17\/2006 pg. 28","brand":"Czeslaw Milosz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946556752127,"sku":"9780374530464","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d317783b-ca3a-4035-bb22-e87f02d7a554.jpg?v=1681513825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/legends-of-modernity-czeslaw-milosz-9780374530464","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}