Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780374528300)

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.

Author: Czeslaw Milosz
ISBN-10: 0374528306
ISBN-13: 9780374528300
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 06/27/2002
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.90d