{"product_id":"the-issa-valley-czeslaw-milosz-9780374516956","title":"The Issa Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas, the child-protagonist of \u003ci\u003eThe Issa Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, is subject to both the contradictions of nature in this severe northern setting and sometimes enchanting, sometimes brutal timbre of village life. There are the deep pine and spruce forests, the grouse and the deer, and the hunter's gun. There is Magdalena, the beautiful mistress of the village priest, whose suicide unleashes her ghost to haunt the parish. There are also the loving grandparents with whom Thomas lives, who provide a balance of the not-quite-Dostoevskian devils that visit the villagers. In the end, Thomas is severed from his childhood and the Issa River, and leaves prepared for adventures beyond his valley. Poetic and richly imagined, \u003ci\u003eThe Issa Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful work of fiction from one of our greatest living poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Czeslaw Milosz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374516952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374516956\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 05\/22\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Czeslaw Milosz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995527774463,"sku":"9780374516956","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92a81411-ce03-4637-a02d-bbc9723dcc73.jpg?v=1683336321","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-issa-valley-czeslaw-milosz-9780374516956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}