num_pages: 320
description: The autobiography of the Nobel laureateBefore 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.
language: English
title: Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition
titlecomplete: Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition
characters: Czesław Miłosz
genres: Essays, History, Philosophy, Poland, Polish Literature, Biography, 20th Century, Memoir, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 575
places: Lithuania
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux